Foreign Transactions : Securities Law

Foreign Transactions

The Securities and Exchange Commission Mandated EDGAR Filing for Foreign Private Issuers
Wendell C. Taylor,Stacy D. Goldberg,Barry J. Hurewitz and Barry J. Hurewitz of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

The goal in mandating EDGAR filing for foreign private issuers is to further facilitate the rapid dissemination of financial and business information about companies and other parties participating in the United States capital markets while making the SEC's processing of filings more efficient.
Trends in the Canadian Mining Sector
John S M Turner

Worldwide exploration budgets rose to $3.5 billion in 2003, up 13% from 2002. The main recipients of increased exploration spending by companies were: Canada ($170 million); South Africa ($90 million); Mexico ($30 million); and Ghana, the United States and Venezuela, ($20 million each).