Lauding India for its new mineral policy, Jon Baird,

President of the organisers -- Prospectors and Developers
Association of Canada (PDAC) -- who has been to India for
about 28 times, said: "India is refining its mining laws, and
I am very pleased about that. It has a bigger job, but it is
doing its job."

Harinder Takhar, Ontario Minister for Government
Services, said the province has technology and financial
resources and India has natural resources. "The MoU will work
for mutual benefits."
Preeti Saran, Consul General of India, highlighted
emerging opportunities in mining sector in India and invited
Canadian companies to invest in the Indian mining sector.
Apart from seven state governments and the Federation of
Indian Mineral Industries, 45 major Indian public and private
mining companies, including Aditya Birla group, Hindustan
Copper, Rio Tinto (India), National Mineral Development Corp
and Anglo American, participated in the global gathering that
concluded on Wednesday. PTI CORR
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