1999 Tables of Content

December 1999 by Staff

Canadian Officials Foresee Little Impact From Mine

February 2005
Canadian regulators said they have found no significant environmental impacts from a proposed British Columbia mine near the Alaska border.

Company Notes

March 2002
• NovaGold Resources Inc.
• Canyon Resources Corp.
• TVX Gold Inc.
• Silver Standard Resources Inc.

MMAC & PLP Update

October 2016
There are some miners who are under the impression that an organized Mining District will immediately get the regulatory agencies off their backs so they can start digging or dredging again.

California's Original Sixteen to One Mine

May 2005
The Sixteen to One mine is located in the little town of Alleghany, 40 miles from Nevada City, in Northern California. It has less than sixty residents. The town sits at an altitude of 4,500 feet. In 1885, the town was named by a group of miners...

Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

June 2000

Fraser Institute Survey Results Rank Best (and Worst) Mining Locales

April 2005
British Columbia made the biggest jump towards improvement in terms of regulations in the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies. BC, historically relegated to the bottom 10 locations to mine in the survey’s Policy Potential Index, benefited from a change in administration. Three years ago it was dead last.

The Power of Mining Districts

April 2015
...Most importantly, the mining districts can open the federal land to multiple-use by the public on principles of inclusion rather than the present-day exclusions...

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