October 24, 2012 Mongolia refuses to let Rio’s Aussie lawyer leave A 32-year-old Australian lawyer for a Rio subsidiary has been prevented from leaving Mongolia by local police following allegations of corruption.
October 24, 2012 Southern Silver signs earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation on Cerro Las Minitas Southern Silver has granted Freeport-McMoRan the right to earn an indirect 70% interest in the Cerro Las Minitas property in Durango, Mexico.
October 24, 2012 AngloGold Ashanti strike and Q3 production update The production for the three months to 30 September 2012 was 1.03Moz, which compares with guidance for the period of 1.07Moz to 1.10Moz at a unit total cash cost of…
October 24, 2012 Diamond Frank Exploration inc.: exploration work has begun on the GoldPeak and Destorbelle properties Geological reconnaissance work and sampling has begun on its GoldPeak and Destorbelle properties.
October 24, 2012 Integra Gold commences 10,000 meter drill program on the No. 5 plug at Lamaque gold project, Val d’Or, Quebec The No. 5 plug, is a high priority exploration target at its 100% owned Lamaque Project in Val d'Or, Québec.
October 23, 2012 Gold Fields fires 8,500 striking workers as mining companies get tough on unrest Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) has fired 8,500 striking workers at a mine in South Africa following their failure to respond to an ultimatum to abandon the strike.
October 23, 2012 Is financial crime a systemic risk? Famed Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises wrote in his seminal work, Human Action (originally published by the Yale University Press in 1949), that “There is no means of avoiding the…
October 23, 2012 Gold slides to six-week low, approaches $1,700 an ounce Gold fell to a six-week low in Tuesday trading, stopping just short of the $1,700 an ounce threshold as investors become increasingly concerned about the state of the global economy.
October 23, 2012 Leeb alleges manipulation of gold by major hedge funds Storied investor and financial author Stephen Leeb alleges that major hedge funds have engaged in concerted efforts to manipulate precious metals markets.
October 23, 2012 Canada’s Ivanplats closes $307 million IPO and now trades shares on the TSX Africa-focused miner Ivanplats (TSX:IVP), founded by billionaire Robert Friedland, successfully closed Tuesday its $307-million initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto stock exchange, issuing total equity of $504 million (Cdn$493).
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
