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It was felt that mining activity needed to be more regulated and that a Mining Commissioner should be appointed to decide disputes between claimants. The result was the Mines Act of 1906. While there had been mining laws in Ontario dating back to 1864, the Mines Act of 1906 was a comprehensive revision and update to those laws.
The Mining Act [notes 1] only allows exploration activities, not the construction of permanent structures. Marten Falls First Nations Chief Eli Moonias explained in 2010 that Noront Resources did not have "permits to construct landing strips on the string bog or roads to the nearby airstrip". "The two First Nations proposed that they should ...
The Elliot Lake Miners Strike was a wildcat strike by approximately 1,000 uranium miners who worked at Denison uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] The strike was the first time that Canadian workers had taken industrial action over safety concerns, and it led to Ontario Premier Bill Davis creating a royal commission which led to the creation of new health and ...
[5] [6] The strike prompted Ontario Premier Bill Davis on 10 September 1974 to ask engineer and university administrator [7] James Ham to lead a commission on the health and safety of workers in uranium mines. [4] [8] The commission focused on the two uranium mining regions in Ontario: Elliot Lake and Bancroft. James Ham submitted his report on ...
This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario and includes both operating and closed mines. Adams Mine; Agnew Lake Mine; Amalgamated Larder Mine; Argonaut Mine; Armistice Mine; Associated Goldfields Mine; Barber Larder Mine; Barton Mine; Beanland Mine; Bell Creek Mine; Bidgood Mine; Bicroft Mine (uranium) Big Dan Mine; Black Fox ...
Gagnon, Quebec, an iron mining company town of Québec Cartier Mining Company, abandoned in 1985.. This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada.True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1]
By Sourasis Bose and Divya Rajagopal (Reuters) -Orla Mining will buy the Musselwhite Gold Mine in Ontario from Newmont in a deal valued at $850 million that will help more than double its ...
Pages in category "History of mining in Ontario" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.