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Vaughn Palmer: NDP limits mineral exploration even as it promotes B.C. mining
'This flies in the face of investment certainty from a government that has big goals around finding and developing mines in our province'
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VICTORIA — The New Democrats this week extended their moratorium on new mineral claims in a vast area of northern B.C., banning further exploration at a time when they are also promoting the province as “rich in critical mineral and precious metal resources.”
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The year-long moratorium, banning claims staking within the land-use planning areas for the Tahltan, Taku River Tlingit and Kaska First Nations, was set to expire Wednesday. The extension pushed the ban out to Jan. 31.
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