Still a Complex Ore: Dual Listings by Mining Companies

Summary: Mining industry efforts to cause the US Securities and Exchange Commission to reform Industry Guide 7 have been ongoing since 2003, but appear to be parked at the SEC for the foreseeable future, in no small part because of the burdens placed on the SEC by the Dodd-Frank Act and by the JOBS Act. One can also speculate that the recent volatility of trading prices for mining stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange have also slowed the SEC’s hand.