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    Mining boom puts ‘stunning’ Yukon watershed at risk

    The Star‘s Paul Watson reported Monday on a brewing conflict between mining companies and conservationists over a massive untouched wilderness in the central Yukon. The area is thought to be rich with iron ore, gold and zinc as well as oil and gas. But First Nations and environmentalists consider it too precious, and fragile, for mass development.