CANADA'S NICKEL RESOURCES.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 17, 21 January 1910, Page 5

CANADA'S NICKEL RESOURCES.

Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright. (Received January 21, 8.5 a.m.) OTTAWA, January 20. Mr Arthur Wilson, who, on behalf of the Imperial overnment, is investigating Canada's nickel resources, addressing the Mines and Mineral Committee of the Dominion House of Commons, said Canada possessed three-fifths of the world's store of nickel, and the balance was in New Caledonia. An American trust, viz., the International Nickel Company of New York, controlled these areas. He strongly urged that Canada should assume control of the country's nickel resources for the benefit of the Dominion and Empire. Owing to the Trust's control, the price was so high that only Governments were able to buy the mineral. Tens of millions of tons in Canada were unexplored, because the Trust had yet to work them. The matter was of Imperial urgency. The Government should assume the nickel deposits, and ensure Britain an enormous advantage over all other countries in connection with the construction of battleships. The committee decided to investigate the operations of the Trust.