February 19, 2012

Gold Bulls Expand as Billionaire Paulson Says Buy: Commodities

Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it’s time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government spending.

February 18, 2012

Thousands of Peruvians walk 870k to protest mine

Peruvians in the northern region of Cajamarca are not giving up easily in their fight over Newmont Mining's proposed Conga copper-gold mine.

February 18, 2012

Record high gold prices fail to curb global demand

Despite a volatile year for gold prices in 2011, demand for the precious metal still remained strong.

February 18, 2012

Lawyers investigating Kinross Gold over non-disclosure of Tasiast gold mine low grade ore

A number of U.S. law firms are investigating Kinross over claimed non-disclosure of low grade ores at its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania to assess whether the gold miner may…

February 17, 2012

Ecuador, Kinross hit impasse over Fruta del Norte

Talks between the Ecuadorian government and Kinross Gold have stalled over the country's largest mine, Fruta del Norte.

February 17, 2012

Hecla busts company record with 148 million ounces of silver reserves

Hecla Mining reported the largest resource calculation in company history today with 148 million ounces of silver reserves and 281 million ounces of resources. The silver numbers represented a 4%…

February 17, 2012

Unigold Inc. Announces Increase in Bought Private Placement

Unigold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UGD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a revised letter of engagement with Dundee Securities Ltd. (the "Lead Underwriter") together with Primary…

February 17, 2012

Fool’s Gold? Pakistan mine rift exposes investor risk

Pakistan's Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country's mining sector, but it's beginning to look…

February 17, 2012

Carlisle Goldfields Limited: Exploration of MacLellan Mine Project Continues to Deliver Positive Results

Carlisle Goldfields Limited (TSX:CGJ) (the "Company" or "Carlisle") announces further assay results from the MacLellan Mine Project in Northwest Manitoba near the Town of Lynn Lake where the Company has…

February 17, 2012

Pretivm Closes Bought Private Placement of Flow-Through Shares

Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its private placement of 1,250,000 flow-through common shares ("Flow-Through Shares") of Pretivm at a…