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.
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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.