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  • Mining Explorers 2011: B.C.'s potential attracts explorers

    Hon. Rich Coleman, Special to Mining News|Updated Nov 6, 2011

    Since the mid-1800s, British Columbia has been one of the world's major mining and exploration regions, and today, we are enjoying the results as mineral exploration is increasing. Mineral exploration spending more than doubled in 2010 to C$322 million from the year before, and B.C. was home to 13 percent of Canada's total exploration spending, up from 6 percent in 2001. Information and maps provided by geoscience agencies are the first step in the exploration sequence. This information reduces risk for companies and encourag...