China’s interest in a Nunavut gold mine is commercial, legal expert says
The deal looks more like a business move than a challenge to Canadian sovereignty, says international law scholar Michael Byers.
The recent news that TMAC Resources Inc., a Canadian junior mining company in western Nunavut, wants to sell its Hope Bay gold mine to a huge Chinese mining company, Shandong Gold, has alarmed some Nunavut residents.
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