Exploration revival in Sweden

From: Mining Engineering | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Sweden is beginning to reap the rewards of a process that has transformed a country with a history of metal mining into one of Europe's most vibrant exploration regions. Exploration and mining companies from North America, Europe and Australia have joined local firms in the search of gold, base metals and diamonds. This has been due to changes in Sweden's mining laws in the early 1990s. These changes opened the way for unhindered private sector investment in the country's mineral industry.

More than 20,000 km2 (4.9 million acres), mainly in northern Sweden, is now held under granted or ...

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