There were several keynote speakers throughout the week, giving presentations that looked into different forms of mining, whether it on dry land or in the ocean, challenges of mining in arctic climates and responsible environmental mining among others.

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Before the boom, the junior mining companies that include most of the Toronto listings had suffered a long dry spell.

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