What a Pandemic Means for Mining Companies and Their Counsel

Sander Grieve writes in Canadian Mining Journal on the challenges and opportunities that have arisen for miners and their counsel during the pandemic. Sander looks at:

• The novel—mining companies engaging in health and safety updates, tracking disclosure of the impact of COVID-19.
• New opportunities—new enthusiasm in gold and silver, equity is back as financings (and even IPOs) are out of hibernation.
• New challenges—discipline continues to be the watchword of the COVID-19 era, how mining companies have been seeking to qualify for relief by traditional lenders and working through emerging rules for new government support programs.