INTRODUCTION
Your Toolkit—What’s In It?
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Rationale for Following the 1
Mining Money
Researching Mining 5
‘Companies
‘Shareholder Actions as
Getting Information to 20
the Financial World
SLAPP Suits—And What 25
to Do About Them
Resources: 28
Founded in 1997, te Western Mining
Activist Network (OMAN) comprised
‘fone 70 conservation and communi
‘oups tem western North Amer,
Fangig frm Asta to New Max
(Hans commited to protect the
levronment pel, communis, ard
tutus from the macs of response
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Infomation ks among mining bts.
Union pte by Fleming Prtng,
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‘resentation end teas rom the "Rearing rt te Bsareoars conference held
Vancouver, March 198, Layout by Nelo Rogers, cover tos by Lisa Sum.
“Thanks for suggestions ans conto te ete Chapman, CateripeCoumars,
Lari Ferguson Crag sare Kena, Dave Kagan, Jan Kiyek, Oo Neen, Nancy
Play, Rory Otien, er Part, Pot Sweeney, ue Tamer, ob Wala, and Kars
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