December 12, 2012

Northern Gold to acquire Victory Gold

20,371,549 Northern Gold shares will be issued to former Victory Gold shareholders at a deemed price of $0.37 per share to acquire a 100% interest in Victory Gold.

December 12, 2012

Oromin Explorations Ltd.: OJVG gold project-status of feasibility study

SRK Consulting Inc. and Ausenco Solutions Canada Inc., advise that results of the CIL Feasibility Study and PEA update are progressing well towards being available in the second half of…

December 12, 2012

China and Russia are thwarting the shorts: Russell

Holdings of non-Western central banks forestall sharp correction in gold

December 11, 2012

$27 billion injected into Amazonia mining by 2016

Vale's Carajas iron ore mine is the biggest but some 60 gold explorers are also active in the Brazilian region.

December 11, 2012

Barkerville shareholder petitions for AGM

A shareholder has this morning filed a court petition against Vancouver-based Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX-V:BGM), which has attracted market and regulator skepticism in recent months over an alleged massive…

December 11, 2012

Aussie miners told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas

Miners who don’t show up to work the Christmas and New Year period at Sandfire Resources’ DeGrussa copper and gold mine in Western Australia, are being threatened with major fines…

December 11, 2012

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada announces 2013 award recipients

Winners were announced in the fields of prospecting success, mine development, international discoveries, distinguished service, social responsibility and Aboriginal achievement in the mineral industry.

December 11, 2012

Glencore-Xstrata deal hits South African snag

Glencore has extended the deadline to complete takeover of Xstrata (LON:XTA) by a month after South African power utility Eskom expressed worries about its coal supplies.

December 11, 2012

Comstock Metals discovers a new area of gold mineralization at QV

The company highlights findings of 0.33 g/t Au over 85m from the north end of QVTR12-27, including 0.9 g/t Au over 10m, open to the south, west and east.

December 11, 2012

Sirios Resources Inc.: positive preliminary drilling results from Cheechoo gold project, Opinaca area, James Bay, Quebec

Until now, only 12 samples from drill hole #1 were analyzed and yielded an average gold grade of 0.645 g/t over 12.4 meters.