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Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) wants to be seen as the key junior gold play for Saskatchewan.

With a long-awaited investment agreement finally signed by the Mongolian government, Ivanhoe Mines( IVN-T, IVN-N)and Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) are getting down to the nitty-gritty of building a mine.

It’s always been a small, grassroots venture that never particularly gripped the market’s attention on its technical merits, but Platinex’s Big Trout Lake platinum group metals project in far northwes…

The Earth has been emitting and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for more than half a billion years. The primary sources of current emissions are the roughly 500 active volcanic fields on the planet’s…

The Northern Miner’s editorial comments on climate change leave me mystified. A recent example is the editorial in the Dec. 7- 13/09 issue, but the substance and tone have remained largely the same fo…

A plane crash near Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N)Niobec mine in Quebec’s Saguenay region has left two flight crew members dead and two passengers in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It took dealing with more than 70 lenders, but Rusal has managed to restructure its giant debt load.

Alexco Resource Corp. — Thomas Fudge appointed VP of development and engineering; Tim Hall appointed general manager of Keno Hill operations; Rob McIntyre appointed VP of corporate affairs and commun…

The S&P/TSX composite index showed resilience over the Dec. 8-14 reporting period as it approached the end of a strong comeback year. The index finished 56 points higher at 11,545 points, showing …

For a third consecutive five-day trading period, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index bounced around the 1,400 level. Between Dec. 8 and 14, the index lost 9.32 points to close at 1,425.08. A 32-po…

Anxiety that interest rates may soon start to rise, outpacing the current and uneven recovery, continued to make investors skittish over the Dec. 8-14 reporting period. Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Ind…

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