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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gran Colombia Resources Inc (TSE.GRM)
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From: canucklehead802/3/2012 6:42:04 PM
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Treasure Islands
Miners Face Increasing Danger from Crime, Social Unrest and Violence
By Greg Klein

With 22 years’ experience in the British Special Forces, 10 of them with the Royal Marines and the other 12 with the SAS, Alan Bell is no stranger to conflict. Since founding the Toronto-based security company Globe Risk International in 1996, he’s provided his expertise and active involvement to a number of exploration and mining companies overseas. And he’s seen a few changes over the years.

“I remember when I started out in the 1990s, the old VPs of exploration used to go out into the mountains with their hammers and their boots and their trousers tucked into their socks. The old-school guys would go out there and say, ‘We don’t need any security.’ Well the world has changed dramatically since then.”

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