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Fraser Institute Survey Results Rank Best (and Worst) Mining Locales
April 2005 by Staff
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.Additional articles that might interest you...
The Bawl Mill
January 2008
• The environmental Robin Hood
• But it looked good on paper...
• Low-quality reputation hits home
• The environmental Robin Hood
• But it looked good on paper...
• Low-quality reputation hits home
Ask The Experts: How to remove precious metals from lead?
August 2010
I have a large amount of precious metals, gold and silver, mixed in with lead. Cupelling is expensive. What method can I use to extract the gold and silver without cupelling?
I have a large amount of precious metals, gold and silver, mixed in with lead. Cupelling is expensive. What method can I use to extract the gold and silver without cupelling?
What Is Incidental Fallback?
December 2015
If you take the time to read the instructions that are included with a 404 permit application you will find the words “other than incidental fallback” in the application instructions.
AMRA Takes On USFS in Idaho
September 2015
Mr. Hughes was obviously shaken by our interaction and we are quite confident he assumed we were all missing teeth, long-haired, uneducated, backwoods miners who would immediately become submissive. That didn’t happen...
Mr. Hughes was obviously shaken by our interaction and we are quite confident he assumed we were all missing teeth, long-haired, uneducated, backwoods miners who would immediately become submissive. That didn’t happen...
Enthusiastic Crowds at PDAC
April 2005
Nearly 11,000 attended this year’s Prospector and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto. Joe Hamilton, president of the Convention Planning Committee, beleived he knew why the numbers were so high.
Nearly 11,000 attended this year’s Prospector and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto. Joe Hamilton, president of the Convention Planning Committee, beleived he knew why the numbers were so high.
Ask The Experts
September 2015
What are the steps for filing a mining claim?
What are the steps for filing a mining claim?
Strategic Metals—Part II
December 2013
There are literally thousands of abandoned wasterock and ore dumps that dot the United States that could hold many tones of strategic metals.
There are literally thousands of abandoned wasterock and ore dumps that dot the United States that could hold many tones of strategic metals.
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