North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

The evidence continues to indicate that British Columbia's mining industry is on the road to recovery.

Exploration spending edged up last year to C$55 million, from C$40 million in 2002 and a rock-bottom C$25 million in 1999, although the B.C. Mining Association has set a C$100 million target for the province to replace mines that will shut down over the next few years.

But the feared demise of...