Episode 68: The politics of B.C. mining ft. Bryan Cox

We're talking B.C. politics and the provincial mining industry with Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC) president and CEO Bryan Cox. Matt sits down to chat with Bryan about the incoming NDP-Green coalition government and what that might mean for the B.C. mining business. We dig into regulatory framework, the need for better communication initiatives in the industry, and recent overtures from the federal Liberals on potential reforms to Canada's environmental-assessment (EA) process. Meanwhile, the Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp joins Matt to talk about commodity markets and his investment strategies during the "summer doldrums." We chat about deal flow, the state of precious and base metals, and two companies Mickey is checking out in the Yukon, namely: K2 Gold (TSXV: KTO; US-OTC: KTGDF) and Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWZ). Timeline: 3:03 Touch of macro ft. copper and gold 4:45 Mickey Fulp talks the state of mining markets 7:05 K2 Gold & Fireweed Zinc 13:00 What oil, copper, and gold are saying about the market 17:55 MABC president and CEO Bryan Cox 23:05 The NDP-Green coalition government in B.C. 28:30 The future of B.C.'s coal industry 30:25 Federal Liberal report on environmental assessment Articles referenced: Yukon catches more majors’ eyes: http://www.northernminer.com/news/far-north-attracts-investment-majors/1003785761/ Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition: http://www.northernminer.com/regulatory-issues/editorial-bc-falls-ndp-green-coalition/1003787760/ China ‘holds the key’ to thermal coal price stability: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/china-holds-key-thermal-coal-price-stability/1003786837/ PDAC 2017: Copper, zinc looking good for 2017: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/pdac-2017-copper-zinc-looking-good-2017/1003784440/ Robert Friedland, Lukas Lundin, David Garofalo and Kelvin Dushnisky to be featured speakers at TNM’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London: www.northernminer.com/stock-markets-…on/1003784168/ Music Credits: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0 Isolated Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/