Resources & Agriculture

Productivity, energy conservation, environment, declining deposit grades all high atop the 21st-century list of concerns for miners

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Vancouver-based Great Panther Silver Ltd. (TSX:GPR) said March 17 it had restarted full mining and plant operations at its Guanajuato mine complex, in Central Mexico, after it was illegally occupied last week.

Exports of West Coast herring roe to Japan have varied dramatically during the past five years, which has forced B.C.’s herring fleet to pursue markets in other Asian countries

Bill Streeper, mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, has blasted the provincial government’s delay in getting an LNG tax to a vote as “terrible and disgusting,” and challenged Victoria to finalize the tax by the end of March.

Progress Energy Canada Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, has closed its previously announced agreement to acquire assets in northeast British Columbia from Talisman Energy Inc.

Canadian gold streaming firm Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) gained close to 7% on its share price March 11 after releasing its 2013 results which included record sales.

Enbridge Inc. has purchased a 64-hectare site at Grassy Point on the northwest coast of British Columbia near Prince Rupert for possible future LNG opportunities, said a company spokesman.

Fraser Institute finds uncertainty over native land claims a drag on investment desirability

Goldcorp (TSX:GG) extended its $2.6 billion offer to Osisko (TSX:OSK) shareholders until March 21, 2014.