Mining News: Recession walloped exploration spending

As drought in available venture capital eases, miners seeking acquisitions would do well to accelerate the pace of purchases

Curt Freeman

For Mining News

As the active exploration season winds down in Alaska, both good news and bad is afoot and both sets of news turn out to be the same data. Double speak you say? Read on and judge for yourself. Halifax-based Metals Economics Group announced some preliminary numbers relating to worldwide mineral indu....

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