Labrador Inuit put hold on uranium mining and production on their lands
by Michael Tutton
Canadian Press
April 8, 2008
HALIFAX — Labrador’s Inuit government is imposing a moratorium on
uranium
mining and production on their land for the next three years, in a
decision that drove down the shares of Aurora Energy Resources (TSX:AXU)
and several other mining companies.
The 8-7 vote in favour of the moratorium doesn’t apply to exploration
for
the radioactive metal, but prohibits mining (...)