July 20, 2012

Intrepid Mines-Exploration Activities Suspended

Intrepid Mines announced today that its Indonesian joint venture partner, PT Indo Multi Niaga, without prior reference to Intrepid, has suspended operations at the Tujuh Bukit Project in East Java…

July 20, 2012

SLAM files NI43-101 report on 3M tonne resource

The company's report claims "massive sulphide deposit contains significant zinc-lead-copper-silver resource".

July 20, 2012

Scorpio Mining names Peter Hawley president and CEO

The company announced that it has accepted the resignation of Scorpio's President and Chief Executive Officer, Parviz Farsangi, and unanimously appointed the Company's Chairman and founder Peter J. Hawley as…

July 20, 2012

Batero Gold commences drill program at La Cumbre deposit

The drill program is planned to include a minimum 2,000 meters and up to 6,000 meters of diamond drilling at the La Cumbre deposit in Columbia.

July 20, 2012

De Beers’ profit down 53%; Venetia expansion still going ahead

Profit for De Beers, the world's number two diamond producer after Russia's Alrosa, is down 53% for the first half of 2012 affected by worries over consumer demand and shortage…

July 20, 2012

Disgraced Peregrine CEO had a penchant for Spongebob silver

FBI raids on the Iowa offices of Peregrine Financial Group have uncovered a trove of special-edition SpongeBob Squarepants silver bullion amongst the effects of the failed futures brokerage.

July 20, 2012

GATA’s Bill Murphy alleges silver manipulation by JP Morgan

Bill Murphy, the controversial head of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) alleges that JP Morgan engaged in ongoing silver manipulation, and that the company's suspension of such operations were…

July 20, 2012

Paget commences exploration program at Ball Creek gold-copper-silver project in BC

The company announced today the start of the 2012 exploration program within Paget's 100% owned Ball Creek Project located in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle region

July 19, 2012

Gold Resource Corporation reports second quarter production; revises production outlook

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2012) -  Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE MKT: GORO) reported its preliminary production results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 of approximately 14,500…

July 19, 2012

Gold, silver receive lift from the ditch

Gold and silver futures climbed Thursday, and most mining shares also headed higher. NovaGold and Yamana abstained from the party, however.