RE: Fraser Institute: CA at the bottom....again.I hear ya, that has always been a concern with EMR.
However I believe the addition of the Ceramic Tile process is a plus for this company, not only for the tailing disposal problem but as a potential profitable business. This could even encourage more companies to expand their holdings and perhaps generate potential licensing profits to Emgold!
Still a believer!
K9
----------Original Message Posted 3/28/2006----------
The Policy Potential Index in based on ranks and normalized to maximum score of 100. A jurisdiction that ranks first in every category would have a score of 100; one that scored last in every category would have a score of 0. Since no nation scored first in all categories or last in all, the highest score is 93.1 (Nevada), while the lowest score is 2.4 (Zimbabwe).
This is the sixth straight year Nevada is rated as having the best mineral policies. The other top-10 policy jurisdictions are Alberta, Manitoba, Chile, Quebec, Mexico, Saskatchewan, Arizona, Ontario, and Utah. For the most part, last year's top 10 jurisdictions were either in this year's top 10 or nearly so. Chile had been in second place the year before last and then fallen to 14th spot last year, perhaps due to the controversy over mining royalties in that nation. Chile has rejoined the top 10 in the 4th spot.
Zimbabwe continues to set new records. Its last place score of 7.6 last year was the lowest score recorded in the last four years. This year Zimbabwe's score fell to 2.4, the lowest in the survey's history. Other bottom scorers were Papua New Guinea, DRC Congo, Venezuela, the Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, Zambia, Bolivia, and California. The only change in the bottom 10 was the replacement of Wisconsin by Zambia.