Chinese Money Can’t Be Solution for Cash-Strapped Canadian Miners, Minister Says

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan WilkinsonPhotographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Chinese investment can’t be the solution for cash-strapped Canadian miners seeking financial backing, according to Canada’s natural resources minister.

“We need to be working to solve access to capital issues, but the answer cannot be investment from Chinese state-owned industries,” Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday in an interview.