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Irving Resources Updates Progress on its Extensive Epithermal Gold-Silver Holdings, Noto Peninsula, Honshu, Japan • Dec. 11, 2025, 11:54 PM ET (Globe and Mail)

Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a tsunami • Dec. 9, 2025, 12:09 AM ET (PBS)

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