Canada’s exploration, mining industries call for government collaboration on policy priorities

At the seventy-second yearly conference of Canada’s Energy and Mines Ministers, the country’s exploration and mining industries on Monday lobbied for increased government attention in several challenging sector areas during the current period of economic downturn and uncertainty. The Canadian Mineral Industry Federation had submitted a brief prepared by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), detailing three policy priorities that would help the industry overcome current challenges and to capitalise on opportunities.