• Introduction

• Development Policy and Metallic Minerals
  Why should you establish a development policy?
  About metallic minirals and your community development policy
  Does your reserve have mineral deposits to develop?
  In your region, what are the regulation and legal issues with regard to metallic minerals?
  The question of surrendering metallic mineral rights as a prerequisite for development
  Look at the benefits and costs of metallic mineral development

• Exploration and Development of Metallic Minerals
  Understanding the regulatory process
  A mineral disposition checklist
  Understanding the minerals business
  The implications of metallic mineral development
  Launching the process
  Negotiating the deal

• Conclusion

• Glossary
  Appendix A
  Appendix B

_{Published under the authority of the
Honorable Ronald A. Irwin, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development}

_{QS-5304-020-EE-A1
Catalogue No. R32-131/1-1993E
ISBN 0-662-20544-8}