Mining blogs about: law

Bad timing sinks Aurelian shareholders

Greetings investors.
Here’s the odd thing — I think that Aurelian Resources (ARU.TSX) was actually going to try and mine their Fruta Del Norte gold discovery down on the Ecuador/Peru border.
Imagine that!
Oh sure, every junior intends to mine their own discoveries. But most don’t. That’s just window dressing, playing hard to get for the majors.
I’m not [...]

1, 300, 500: the law of small things and big consequences in mining

Funny how little things can have big consequences.  We all know big things can have big consequences, but that is not my current point. 
Take for example Barack Obama and his pesky priest.  How can you make a man president when he sits for twenty years listening to that hateful sermon?  One little priest spouting his venom [...]

Greetings investors.
Shares of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) are in the tank after the company reported steepening losses from last year. The stock is in a firm downtrend after reaching its high of $18 Cdn per share last July, and now trades under $12 Cdn per share.
The real problem for Ivanhoe stock appears to be the lack [...]

Colorado Anti-Mining Bill Hits the Dirt?

The following announcement was released today by Stuart A. Sanderson, President of the Colorado Mining Association:
“Today, the Colorado House of Representatives Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to postpone indefinitely (kill) House Bill 08-1165.  The sponsors of the amendment had agreed to limit the scope of the bill to amending the prospecting provisions only and, at today’s hearing, [...]

Leadville, Summitville and Mexico

The growing brouhaha in Leadville is beginning to look like a Fellini film – no, make that “Fargo” the movie. Competing television crews are on street corners hanging behind their reporters-on-assignment who are clutching their camel-hair full length overcoats to their chilly chins looking nervously over their shoulders for fear of avalanche, grizzlies, and the few [...]

Mining Matters: 110th National Western Mining Conference

 
The 110TH National Western Mining Conference and Exhibition was presented by the Colorado Mining Association in Denver this week and guess what they talked about? Here’s a clue: energy, mineral resources, China and India. Oh – and carbon constraints, too.
A fine talk by Vincent Matthews, State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey, presented dolefully similar graphs to emphasize his [...]