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IQALUIT, Nunavut -Mayors and representatives from six Nunavut communities offered feedback on the effects of mining exploration and development activities in their respective areas during a forum at the 13th annual Nunavut Mining... — Updated 4/25/2010 Full story

No discussion of opening Canada's Far North to mineral resource development could get far without the focus turning to Nunavut, the nation's newest and least-explored territory. At one-fifth the size of Canada, Nunavut contains... — Updated 3/28/2010

BIM: TSX President and CEO: Gordon A. McCreary Executive Vice President: Michael T. Zurowski Vice President, Operations and COO: Rodney A. Cooper Baffinland owns 100 percent interest in five high-grade iron deposits located... — Updated 11/1/2009

Mineral-rich Nunavut Territory celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009 and mining explorers seeking diamonds and precious and base metals brought their drills to the party. The territory, home to only 31,000 people living in 25 small,... — Updated 11/1/2009 Full story

As mineral-rich Nunavut Territory celebrates its 10th anniversary, Canadians and others are assessing changes made in the past decade and debating what the future will hold for Canada's newest territory. Nunavut, which means "our land,"... — Updated 4/26/2009

Producing mines Early in 2008, Tahera Diamond Corp., owner and operator of Jericho Diamond Mine - Canada's third, and Nunavut's first diamond mine - filed bankruptcy and sought creditor protection. Tahera opened the Jericho in 2006 and... — Updated 2/22/2009 Full story

International engineering and project manager AMEC plc said it has won a C$150 million contract from Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. for the C$4.1 billion Mary River Iron Ore Project on Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory. The contract,... — Updated 7/27/2008

Mining exploration appears to be hotter than ever this season in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, but the Canadian Arctic region's few producers are getting hammered by the strong Canadian dollar. The discrepancy was particularly... — Updated 6/29/2008

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. Feb. 19 released the results of a definitive feasibility study on its Mary River Project iron ore deposits located on Baffin Island, Nunavut. The study outlined a 20-year mine project based on proven and... — Updated 3/30/2008

Nunavut has a reputation for being one of the most remote parts of the world, but for Toronto-based Baffinland Iron Mines, the Canadian Arctic territory's proximity to Europe is one of its biggest selling points. Western Europe... — Updated 4/23/2006