July 6, 2012

Mining Boom in Australia: Negative Impact on Recruitment of Engineers

Graham Scott from Graham Scott and Associates (an engineering company in Rockhampton) says that the availability of high-paid jobs in the mining […]

July 6, 2012

Eastplats caps 30% weekly gain with rap on the knuckles from BC securities commission

Vancouver-based Eastern Platinum was forced to issue a clarification over contained platinum resources at its South African PGM properties following a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission.

July 6, 2012

All news is now bad news for gold

The stars are aligning for gold take up its position of the ultimate storer of wealth, hedge against inflation and all-round best alternative to paper currency. But gold is not…

July 6, 2012

Southern Legacy appoints key officers and seeks listing on the Lima Stock Exchange

Effective immediately, Southern Legacy has appointed a new interim CEO and CFO as well as made decisions to expand the company's market access into Peru.

July 6, 2012

Bolivian farmer dies in demonstration against South American Silver

A Bolivian farmer died on Friday and at least four others were injured when protesters occupied the Malku Khota project, operated by Canadian South American Silver in the Andean highlands.

July 6, 2012

Trevali Mining announces $9,527,500 bought deal private placement of flow-through shares

On a private placement basis, 9,250,000 common shares are to be issued at a price of $1.03 per flow-through share for aggregate gross proceeds of $9,527,500.

July 6, 2012

Argentina’s glaciers law won’t affect Pascua Lama: Barrick

Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold company, said a new ruling outlawing mining near glaciers in Argentina will not interfere with its Pascua-Lama mine, one of the world’s largest new…

July 6, 2012

Cluff Gold plc: grant of options

The 1,680,480 options are to be sold at a 5 July's closing price of 62.75p a share.

July 6, 2012

Kyrgyz Prime Minister visits Centerra’s Kumtor mine amid contract evaluation

On Friday Centerra Gold hosted a visit by the Kyrgyz Prime Minister Babanov to the Kumtor mine. The visit came a week after Kyrgyzstan authorities said they wanted to renegotiate…

July 6, 2012

Donner Metals provides exploration drilling update

The extensive report illustrates results from drilling conducted within the 4,737 square kilometer Matagami Project such as an unexpected find of 4.27g/t gold and 5.00g/t silver over a 1m interval…