January 11, 2012

Eric Sprott and Endeavour Silver: a match made in heaven?

Last year, Eric Sprott, legendary gold and silver investor and chairman of Sprott Inc., issued an open letter to 17 of the world’s largest silver producers.

January 10, 2012

Thanks for not suing mommy like your brother and sisters: Rinehart gifts daughter (25) one of mining’s top jobs

The richest woman in the world, Gina Rinehart, on Tuesday handed her daughter Ginia (sic) directorships of three companies, including Hancock Prospecting which controls her $10 billion empire. Ginia who…

January 10, 2012

Royal Gold Announces 4,000,000 Share Common Stock Offering

Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD)(TSX:RGL) announced today that it has agreed to sell 4.0 million common shares of Royal Gold to Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an underwritten at-the-market public offering.…

January 10, 2012

Does Every State Need Its Own Grand Canyon and Its Own Uranium Mine?

Should every state and every country produce all the metals and minerals it needs, or may it justifiably protect its own environment while allowing others to mine in their countries,…

January 10, 2012

Coal used in a 3MW wind turbine

Using publicly available figures from Vestas, a large manufacturer of wind turbines, WCA has calculated the amount of coal used in the production of offshore and onshore wind turbines as…

January 9, 2012

Paulson’s annus horribilis a ‘curse’ on gold says FT

Hedge fund genius John Paulson had the worst year of his career in 2011. The FT wonders if he will start dumping gold onto the market in a dash for…

January 9, 2012

Navajo Nation President Receives $14 Million Royalty Check from Peabody Energy

The $14 million check was a welcome payment for mined coal on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with executives from Peabody Energy and accepted the…

January 9, 2012

Investors poured $5.9 billion into precious metal funds last year… no thanks to Paulson

Hard Assets Investor reports precious metals ETFs enjoyed solid $5.9 billion inflows last year that brought total assets in the sector to just under $98.5 billion; a figure that represents…

January 9, 2012

Frac Sand (Proppant) Testing Update

Stikine Energy Corp. (TSX.V: SKY) ("Stikine" or the "Company") announces it has received crush test results for samples submitted in December 2011 and has also completed a detailed review of…

January 9, 2012

Hathor Provides Corporate Update

Hathor Exploration Limited (HAT:TSX) ("Hathor") confirms that approximately 119,456,310 Hathor common shares have been validly tendered to Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO)(LSE:RIO)(ASX:RIO) as of 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on…