I have gone digging with my Google shovel for articles that provide information on Dix's stance on mining in the province. It seems that most of the reports that touch on economic development in B.C. focus on forestry, tourism and clean sources of power (which the NTL represents). Mining isn't mentioned much at all.

Here are a few excerpts worth mulling over. I don't see anything too alarming, to be honest. Hard to say how detrimental to industry his proposed changes to the province's environmental assessment process would be.

Mr. Dix spoke about environmental assessments and the role the province must play in ensuring sustainable economic development. He noted that in the previous five years, the amount of time it takes to get a mine permitted has almost doubled and that this bureaucratic delay is unacceptable.

http://communica.ca/adrian-dix-discusses-b-c-s-economic-future

The Liberals have reduced environmental assessment to a rubber-stamp process. That's why Ottawa now has a much larger role than has historically been the case. I will commission a time-limited, publicly accessible process to ensure that BC has a modern, effective environmental assessment process that will restore credibility, address First Nations interests, and ensure a true "assessment" rather than a simple approval of proposed projects. Destroying fish-bearing lakes is not something we should be doing and a good assessment process will identify any opportunities for alternatives.

http://conservationvoters.ca/past-endorsements/leadership-race-2011/ndp-candidates/adrian-dix

More telling, however, is the response from one sector of the economy that has provided the BC Liberals with staunch support over the years. Last month, Colin Russell, president of the Kamloops Exploration Group, hosted a trade show and convention for the mining sector. After rubbing shoulders with over 500 delegates, he sensed a thaw toward the NDP.

“I’m a Liberal and I’ll probably end up voting Liberal again. But I wouldn’t say no to a sit-down with Adrian Dix,” he said. “With the mining industry the way it is, it’s one of the things that is going to keep the province going – I can’t see the NDP shutting that down.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/dont-expect-a-pendulum-swing-if-dix-becomes-premier/article4204580/

“The most significant story of the last decade we’ve had is this issue of skills shortage. It really defined this year with the HD Mining story,” Dix said.

The uproar over having Chinese workers working in British Columbia mines encapsules a worst-case scenario for Dix, who has spent the last few years advocating for increased access to post-secondary education and criticizing the government for turning their back on trade apprenticeships.

“It’s really about the Liberals’ failure to address skills training and here they got it so wrong,” he said. “Every business person I meet says skills training should be a high priority. It makes sense, B.C. benefits from it.”

http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/485094/adrian-dix-reflecting-on-2012/

Dix is also campaigning on raising corporate tax rates. He has been very firm on this. They'll go up to at least 2008 levels, if not higher.

Business tax increases are “a reality” if the New Democratic Party wins the next B.C. election, says party leader Adrian Dix.

Mr. Dix delivered the message at the least-welcoming forum he could find – a sold-out crowd of business leaders who paid to listen to the politician who could be the province’s next premier.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bcs-adrian-dix-tells-business-leaders-he-would-raise-their-taxes/article4552547/