David Ramsay and Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett: British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett said he expected mineral prices to turn around in the near future, according to CTV. Bennett and David Ramsay, the Northwest Territories minister in charge of mining, were both in attendance at Roundup 2015, a yearly mineral exploration conference in Vancouver that brings together prospectors, scientists, investors and suppliers and - A prolonged slump in global commodity prices hasn't fazed provincial and territorial mining ministers who say full speed ahead with natural resource development. "We've been down now three to four years, and these cycles typically last a maximum of five," said Bennett on Monday, though he added that there are never any guarantees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.