July 5, 2012 Peru detains leader of anti-mining protests then frees him after increased hostility Peruvian police detained former Roman Catholic priest Marco Arana, the leader of the protests against Newmont Mining, yesterday evening. The situation has only worsened since the government declared a state…
July 5, 2012 Silver Mountain Provides Overview of Exploration and Drilling Results from Its Ptarmigan Property, BC The company highlighted a samples from its from its Ptarmigan property in which grab samples returned grades up to 1,368 g/t Ag, 0.99 g/t Au, 50.87% Pb, 1.42% Zn and…
July 5, 2012 Australia won’t get in the way of Glencore-Xstrata Australia's antitrust regulator has decided it would not oppose commodities trader Glencore's $26 billion takeover of miner Xstrata.
July 5, 2012 MacDonald Mines acquires additional claims in the ring of fire & provides corporate update The company reports on the acquisition of claims in the Ring of Fire area, changes of the board and the authorization of a new auditing group to fix remuneration.
July 5, 2012 Baja’s top shareholder won’t give more for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining suffered another setback on Thursday after Mount Kellett Capital Management, the company’s largest shareholder, announced it wouldn’t provide debt or equity financing for the Boleo project in…
July 4, 2012 Anti-Newmont protests in Peru force government to declare a state of emergency At least three people were killed and 20 injured in northern Peru yesterday after a clash between police and protesters opposed to the $5 billion Conga gold mine planned by…
July 4, 2012 Ascot Resources Ltd.: BLM releases environmental assessment for Mt Margaret The Bureau of Land Management has released the environmental assessment of Ascot's two prospecting permit applications for geological exploration on the Mt Margaret property in the St. Helens mining district…
July 4, 2012 Glaciers stop progress of Barrick Gold’s mining plans in Argentina The world's largest gold company, Barrick Gold, suffered a major setback Tuesday as the Argentine National Supreme Court reversed preliminary injunctions on glacier protection law, now back in full force…
July 4, 2012 Caribou acquires B.C. claim packages adjacent to Gold Reach Resources Ltd. and to Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. The contiguous claims adjoining Gold Reach cover 1,800 hectares and are situated on the northeast boundary of their 100%-owned Ootsa Property.
July 4, 2012 Barrick Gold suffers legal reversal in Argentina The Canadian Press is reporting that Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) was handed a setback by Argentina's supreme court, which brought back some glacier protection laws that the mining giant had until…
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