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To: LoneClone who wrote (47864)	11/22/2009 3:04:43 PM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 195389

CANADA'S MINING INDUSTRY incakolanews.blogspot.com * 1,373: Number of mining companies listed on the TSX (2007) * 79 billion (valued at $482 billion): Number of mining shares traded on the TSX (2007) * 43%: Percentage of total world mining exploration attributed to Canadian mining companies * 60%: Percentage of world's mining companies registered in Canada * $21 billion (U.S.): Total value of Canadian mining companies' assets in Africa * 20%: Percentage of the total Canadian-owned African mining assets located in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo. * 193: Number of registered mining lobbyists in Canada as of Nov. 3, 2009 * 30: Number of countries where Canadian mining companies have allegedly violated human rights * 0: Number of Canadian laws that regulate mining companies abroad