From flickr this photo entitled:  John Cutfeet, spokesperson and councilor from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation speaks at Queen’s Park in front of the Ontario Provincial legislative building in Toronto. 

I am not sure if he is one of the six incarcerated today on contempt of court charges in connection with protests about Platinex drilling for uranium on land the tribe considers its traditional area.  But the picture nicely captures the conflict of cultures.

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Free Tibet

Originally uploaded by Kenny Maths

Atlas Copco’s head of Construction and Mining Techniques unit, Bjorn Rosengren says “I have not run into one mining company that sees any problems over the coming three to five years.”

This optimistic statement is nice to read. But it does not counteract the concern brought on by the other news reports of further suppression in Tibet and the fire-sale of US Bear Sterns for $2 a share, down from $169 only a year ago.

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“Geology” Cake

Originally uploaded by Gurpreet Ghuggi

A short posting to link you to the Globe and Mail article that puts the salary of some starting geologists in the mining industry in Canada at above $100,000 a year. Apparently the average salary for geology undergrads is up from $62,500 in 2004 to $90,700 today.