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Gold/Mining/Energy : Regal GOldfields (REGL -- Cdn over the counter) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian Warner who wrote (281)	10/24/1997 8:04:00 AM
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MacLellan mum on barren decision By DEAN JOBB / Staff Reporter Premier Russell MacLellan is keeping the Jim Campbells Barren decision to himself until next week. Mr. MacLellan told reporters he will announce Wednesday in Halifax whether the 1,700-hectare area near Cheticamp in Cape Breton will remain open to mineral exploration or will return to protected status. "I apologize. I fully expected to be able to have an announcement today," the premier told reporters after Thursday's cabinet meeting. "I've got pretty well formulated in my own mind what I'm going to be doing" but there are "a few more details to iron out," he said. Cabinet voted last November to drop the barren from a list of areas slated for wilderness protection, allowing Regal Goldfields Ltd. of Toronto to drill for gold, nickel and other minerals. There was little discussion of the issue at Thursday's meeting and Mr. MacLellan says he will be informing ministers of his decision next week before making it public. A spokesman said the premier wants time to explain his rationale and provide background information to reporters. A tight schedule of meetings and campaigning for the Nov. 4 byelections makes Wednesday the earliest he will be available. Three ministers spearheaded the barren review. Two of them, Environment Minister Wayne Adams and Ken MacAskill at Natural Resources, said Thursday they have delivered their findings and the decision is up to the premier. Mr. MacLellan described the idea of a compromise solution, rather than simply protecting or not protecting the barren, as "an interesting possibility." herald.ns.ca