CANADA'S MINING INDUSTRY

• 1,373: Number of mining companies listed on the TSX (2007)

• 79 billion (valued at $482 billion): Number of mining shares traded on the TSX (2007)

• 43%: Percentage of total world mining exploration attributed to Canadian mining companies

• 60%: Percentage of world's mining companies registered in Canada

• $21 billion (U.S.): Total value of Canadian mining companies' assets in Africa

• 20%: Percentage of the total Canadian-owned African mining assets located in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• 193: Number of registered mining lobbyists in Canada as of Nov. 3, 2009

• 30: Number of countries where Canadian mining companies have allegedly violated human rights

• 0: Number of Canadian laws that regulate mining companies abroad