August 17, 2012 Wallbridge terminates Booth River option The company announced today it has terminated its agreement with 4763 NWT Ltd., to which Wallbridge was granted the option to acquire a 100% interest of certain mineral claims located…
August 17, 2012 Lake Shore Gold Corp. announces an increase to the previously announced offering of convertible senior unsecured debentures to C$90 million Announced that it has increased the size of its previously announced public offering, on a bought deal basis, to $90 million.
August 17, 2012 Orvana announces changes to board of directors Orvana Minerals announced today that Mr. Ronald Simkus is resigning from Orvana's board of directors effective August 17, 2012.
August 16, 2012 China and India go soft on gold as worldwide demand sinks 7% in Q2 Worldwide demand for gold in the second quarter of 2012 fell to 990.0t, down 7% in comparison to last year said the […]
August 16, 2012 Obama and Buffett are anti-market fascists: Rick Rule Attention-getter Rick Rule had choice words when asked about Warren Buffett, who said that President Barack Obama is “not anti-business.” “There is […]
August 16, 2012 Egypt to issue tenders for foreign gold explorers The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority plans to issue international tenders in September to explore for gold in seven areas in Egypt's Eastern Desert and Marsa Alam regions in the south…
August 16, 2012 60 dead after landslide at Congo gold mine "Illegal miners rushed to be the first in the bottom of the pit but the sides collapsed, burying them all."
August 16, 2012 Investors cheer Barrick’s plans to sell African Barrick to China Barrick Gold was trading up 3.8% in heavy volumes in Toronto and African Barrick Gold shot up 8% after Barrick confirmed that it is in early talks with China National…
August 16, 2012 Stock falls over and CEO resigns after a ‘near-term liquidity challenge’ at Great Basin Gold Great Basin Gold's stock was cut in half and Ferdi Dippenaar, the company's CEO, resigned after it announced liquidity problems in its second quarter.
August 16, 2012 ‘Tantamount to selective reporting’: analyst on Barkerville Gold’s 43-101 The Northern Miner called Garth Kirkham, chairman of the best practices committee at the Geological Society of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM), who was not sparing in…
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