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Vol. 18, No. 8 Week of February 24, 2013
Providing coverage of Alaska and Northwest Canada's mineral industry


Mining News: Pace of claim staking slips in Far North

Land acquisition fever cools among explorers in 2012 as mining industry retrenches, consolidates to weather tough business climate

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

Claim-staking and other mineral tenure activity in Canada’s Far North appears to be following the downward trend seen in recent exploration spending. Officials report that the number of mineral claims and leases and prospecting permits issued in 2012, generally, have plummeted from comparable activi....

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Downward trend

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