Canada's mining industry has a history that pre-dates even the formation of the country. Thousands of mines have come (and many have gone). So why, wondered Donna Beneteau, assistant professor in the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, was there not a comprehensive list of Canadian mines, past and present? In 2013, she began to gather data for what she calls her hobby project, hunting down information.
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