CALGARY --
The CEO of TMAC Resources Inc. says there's a "silver lining" to news that Ottawa will not allow the sale of his mining company to China's Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd.
The company announced Tuesday it had been informed the $230-million sale of TMAC, whose main asset is a gold mining project at remote Hope Bay in Nunavut, would be blocked following a review under the Investment Canada Act.
"The government not approving the transaction, to me, is also in a way saying that what we've done at Hope Bay is important to Canada," said CEO Jason Neal in an interview.