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Vol. 14, No. 51 Week of December 20, 2009
Providing coverage of Alaska and Northwest Canada's mineral industry

Mining News: Panel seeks staking ban for most of Peel

Mining group worries recommendations will lock up valuable resources; start anti-mining trend in Yukon’s other mineral-rich areas

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

A review panel has recommended that most of the Peel River watershed region in northeast Yukon Territory be withdrawn from industrial use, including mineral resource development. In long-awaited recommendations, the Peel Watershed Planning Commission is seeking to ban mining activity in 80 percent....

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