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Canada’s Quebec budget banks on mining royalties to balance books

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 21, 2012 | 12:44 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Canada Europe Copper Gold Iron Ore Nickel Silver Zinc 

The government of Quebec, Canada’s most indebted province, is banking on a royalty windfall from its natural-resources sector, especially mining, to help begin its long climb out of the red. The province’s Finance Minister Raymond Bachand is confident that mining...

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