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Prospectors receive $30-million assistance package. (Ontario provincial aid to mining industry)

By Krejlgaard, Chris
Publication: Northern Ontario Business
Date: Friday, June 1 1990

Prospectors receive $30-million assistance package

Ontario's mining industry received a needed and expected boost from the provincial government.

The boost, in the form of a $30-million incentive package, was announced by Treasurer Robert Nixon in his latest provincial budget and was explained by Mines Minister Hugh O'Neil during a whirlwind tour northeastern Ontario on May 4.

The package was widely expected following the elimination of the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP) from this year's federal budget.

"The feds have been

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