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Australian gold sector warned to tighten up confidentiality and “losing the plot” on mining incentives

International Mining | March 16, 2010 | 1:01 am

Australia has “lost the plot” in its backing for greenfields minerals exploration and is continuing to slip in world rankings on support for discovering new mineable deposits. At risk the sector has been warned, is the survival of at least...