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History

Mining history: A beginner’s guide

Much like exploration geologists, university-based historians do much of their field research in the summer months. Limited more by the demands of […]

Mining and the idea of Canada

For me, every January begins with another trip through the key events of Canadian history since 1867, courtesy of a course I […]

Canada’s first mining scandal

Most mining industry insiders remember the Bre-X scandal of 1997 as Canada’s, and possibly the world’s, worst case of stock and mining […]