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BC MINING PLAN BOOSTS INVESTMENT
IN SUSTAINABLE EXPLORATION AND MINING
The British Columbia government recently announced the BC Mining
Plan, a comprehensive action plan to ensure recent successes in
exploration and mining continue in the long term.
Read the B.C.
Mining Plan
The Mining Plan presents a vision of a healthy, sustainable
mining sector for the next decade and beyond. It completes
the work begun by the MLA Task Force on Mining that
toured the province in 2003 receiving input from B.C. communities
and the mineral exploration and mining sectors.
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The Plan identifies four cornerstones of a healthy, responsible industry.
The cornerstones are:
- Focus on Communities and First Nations — a made-in-BC
approach to sustainable exploration, mining and communities;
- Protecting Workers, Protecting the Environment — continued
leadership by industry and government in worker safety and environmental
stewardship;
- Global Competitiveness — actions to increase investment,
streamline regulation and improve geoscience information; and
- Access to Land — enhancing the two-zone system through
improved integration of exploration and mining with other land
uses.
Translating the cornerstones into results, the Plan sets out 14
broad strategies and over 50 targeted actions to support growth
in mining sectors such as coal, metals, industrial minerals, placer
and aggregate.
B.C.'s prospectors and miners are global leaders in modern exploration
and mining as well as in the protection of the environment. The
BC Mining Plan builds on this impressive record, presenting a vision
and strategy for sustainable, responsible mining designed to increase
investment, jobs and economic benefits for the entire province.
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