The mining industry in British Columbia is constantly fighting an image battle, trying to convince the wider public that the industry's environmental practices have improved dramatically in recent decades and that mining, disruptive as it may stillbe, is necessary, beneficial to the economy and well regulated. The effort shows on many fronts, the latest of which is a 14.7-million dollars upgrade to the B.C. Museum of Mining. And what many people may not realize is the Britannia Project, as it is known, has been funded almost entirely through donations from mining companies and industry individuals.
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