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First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG

Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another 15% in the next 12 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2014 | 11:15 am

CHART: So far so good on the 3-year gold, silver stocks rule

In three decades, the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index has never declined four years in a row.

Frik Els | April 23, 2014 | 11:03 pm

Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold

The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 6:25 pm

Canada re-vitalises diamond exploration 25 years on

Canada’s newest diamond exploration company, Margaret Lake Diamonds Inc. commenced trading this morning on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol DIA.

Tommy Humphreys | April 23, 2014 | 3:04 pm

Canada says whales no longer in danger as oil pipeline verdict looms

Despite objections from several groups, the Harper government declared over the weekend the humpback a "species of special concern" under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2014 | 1:15 pm

Night of the living dead miners: rare earth ‘zombies’ attack ASX, TSX

In 2010, rare earth and specialty metals market froth had speculators throwing money at a sector they didn't understand, and opportunistic resource company managers stepped up to take their money.

The Mining Report | April 23, 2014 | 12:01 am

Teck invests further in Halifax’s Erdene to expand copper exploration in Mongolia

Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2014 | 4:13 pm

Teck to axe 600 jobs, postpones Quintette coal mine restart

Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2014 | 10:45 am

Why energy is catching the market’s eye

Value stocks rarely outpace the market as much as growth stocks do.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | April 21, 2014 | 4:22 pm

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