Nunayut: The next Saskatchewan?

摘要

Nunavut and Saskatchewan have more in common than exceptional and diverse mineral potential. They are both attracting respectable levels ofexploration spending and mining investment despite bleak capital markets - a remarkable feat for jurisdictions that once suffered from negative investor sentiment. Saskatchewan was shunned after it nationalized potash mines and created a Crown corporation to govern all mining during the 1970s. Nunavut's initial regulatory regime was criticized for lacking clarity and certainty. So what changed, and why?