Mining claim 'boom' pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes.

Mining claim 'boom' pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau
A bridge over a river between two cities on a summer day.

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes.