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    :: Monday, March 12, 2007 ::

    Beware 'macho attitudes' toward safety, junior mining companies warned - By: LAURA BOBAK/CP, 680News
    After a string of deaths in the mining exploration industry, Canada's national prospectors association is telling its junior members that if they don't drop 'macho attitudes' and improve safety, they could face criminal charges.

    There were eight deaths related to exploration and mining in Canada last year, according to a survey made public Wednesday by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
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