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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.Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Silver Bull Resources Sees Bright Future for Silver & Zinc
The Sierra Mojada Project lies within a historic high grade silver, lead and zinc mining district originally discovered in 1879.
Mining Deaths Drop Overall in 2000
Fatal injuries at mining operations in the United States last year decreased nearly six percent from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the US Department of Labor’s Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
PLP Update
Public Lands for the People has established an online petition. We would like to gather thousands of signatures from across the country to show members of Congress that their constituents are supporting this legislation.
Company Notes
• Great Basin Gold
• Hecla Mining Company
• Newmont Mining Corp.
• U.S. Gold Corp.
• X-Cal Resources Ltd.
• Pan American Silver Corp.
• Corner Bay Silver Inc.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Mining in Sonora, Mexico
So you want to do some gold mining in Mexico. What do you need, where do you go, how do you begin? You begin before you even cross the border.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Progress Report on Washington State Small-Scale Regulations
• Pediments
• Bill to Allow Mining of Coeur d'Alene Basin
• Dredging Below the Homestake
• Looking Back
• Picks & Pans: The Glory Hole
• Enthusiastic Crowds at PDAC
• Synclinal Oil
• Small-Scale Prospecting & Mining (A Little History)
• Higher Zinc Price Creates Opportunity
• Government Appeals Miner Injury Case to Supreme Court
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
