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Pivoting (back) to underground mining: is it time to see the light?

Underground should, and will, become mining's default, argues strategist Christopher Ecclestone

Christopher Ecclestone, Hallgarten & Company
 Miner inside the access tunnel of an underground gold and copper mine in Region del Maule, Chile

Miner inside the access tunnel of an underground gold and copper mine in Region del Maule, Chile | Credits: Jose Luis Stephens / Shutterstock

At research and advisory firm Hallgarten & Company, we continue to wonder why the mining sector is so resistant to underground mining. Maybe it's something primordial that geologists (who run most Canadian...

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