"TGR: What about North America, Bob?

BM: First, let's talk about the difference between Canada and the United States. Canada is a wonderful place to work. I think it's the most favorable mining community in the world. There's some invisible line you cross when you go from the U.S. into Canada and all of a sudden, you become sane. The people in the U.S. amaze me with their ignorance of politics, economics and everything that's going on in the world. They're so insular; they just don't pay attention.

Canada, on the other hand, is still an international country. The miners and geologists in Canada travel all over the world, and like Johnny Appleseed, they're spreading goodwill and knowledge wherever they go. There is no mining anywhere in the world without an abundance of Canadians, and by the same token, no mining area anywhere else in the world has an abundance of Americans except America."

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