Much of the discourse surrounding First Nations involvement in B.C. resource projects has been focused on the financial benefits for aboriginal communities in exchange for their approval and access to work on traditional territory.
Mining companies that are non-producers obviously don’t generate any revenue. They are junior-level companies in various stages of exploration and/or development. And they primarily rely on investor capital to fund their operations.
China and the globe's largest bank takes over London unit of Johannesburg-based Standard Bank, in a transaction forecast to be the first of many as Chinese banks push overseas expansion.