The discussion paper "Proposed Amendments to The Northwest Territories Mining Royalty Regime in the Canada Mining Regulations" was released by the Minister on August 21, 1996. The review was conducted in co-operation with the federal departments of Finance, Natural Resources and National Revenue, as well as the Government of the Northwest Territories. The review used a series of computer models of different types of mines of varying profitability to analyze options for changing the royalty regime and to compare effective rates of royalty and income taxes in the N.W.T. with those in other mining jurisdictions in Canada and abroad.

• Foreword
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Objectives For A Mining Royalty Regime In The N.W.T.
• Existing N.W.T. Mining Royalty Regime
• Royalty Sharing Under Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements
• Methodology For Comparative Analysis
• Comparative Analysis Of Effective Royalty And Tax Rates
• Rationale For Retaining The Structure Of The Existing Mining Royalty Regime
• Proposed Changes To Tmining Royalty Regime
• Comparison Of Effective Tax And Proposed Royalty Rates
• Conclusions
• Annex

Discussion Paper (PDF 430 Kb) in PDF format.

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