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Community Poll Results - Which North American Country is the Most Mining Friendly?
Last weekend we asked our community to give us their opinion on the below question.
Which North American country do you think is the most mining friendly?
The results are now in and Canada was the overwhelming leader. The results of the poll were exactly how we would have called it. Despite the United States' plethora of great mineral deposits, when it comes to North America, it is the least mining friendly as a country. Of course, certain states are more mining friendly than others.
As many of you are aware, Mexico is home to many of the world's best silver mines and in most areas of the country, it welcomes mining with open arms. If there wasn't such dangers in the country with drug cartels, Mexico would be a much closer second to Canada. Community poll results below:
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Canadian provinces still dominate the world’s most attractive jurisdictions for mining and Alberta is the most attractive mining district in the world according to the Fraser Institute survey released last month.
Southpen, it’s no surprise BC has rejected a few potential mining operations in the past. BC is rated the lowest in the country for ‘mining friendliness’. With that stated, it is home to some of the world’s richest mineral deposits.
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I voted Canada as well Aaron - just surprised a little by the wide margin. We have to be one of the friendliest nations on earth & our resources are immense. We also SHARE more than most nations. Long live Canada!
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I got that dead wrong. I picked Mexico .I figured ,anything goes in Mexico. British Colombia has ruled against Northgates ,Kemess North project in recent years and I understand Taseko could lose it's plans to develop their 13million oz resource (can't recall the name),unless things have changed. These two lead me to conclude that Canada was tougher to get a project underway.I know the Pebble project of Northern Dynasty in Alaska is under a lot of scrutiny ,concerning the fisheries.I finally have to agree with that. The cost of destroying Alaska's fisheries far outweighs the largest copper /gold project in the world. It's always about those tailings ponds. ISR methods might be able to strike a compromise. I took no account of the dangers of a mining camp in some of the Mexican countryside. That's an important investment concern.