In Canada's Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom

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Canada's Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall are worried their backyards will be dug up -- and they won't get a dime. The southern areas of the province -- where most of the population lives -- is the most sought after.

Residents of the Canadian town of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton are upset with an explosion in mining claims, including under their own homes. Photo: Genevieve Normand / AFP, but residents living atop the potential windfall are worried their backyards will be dug up -- and they won't get a dime.

In Quebec, it only takes a few clicks on a website and about Can$75 to stake a mining claim covering up to 100 hectares -- an opportunity open to locals and foreigners alike. "It's something out of the Wild West, this way of staking claims," she said, urging provincial authorities to protect inhabited lands from mining.

 

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