August 21, 2012

Auriga Gold board of directors grants incentive options

The company announces that it has granted an aggregate of 1.85 million options to purchase common shares of the company exercisable at a price of $0.25 per share for a…

August 20, 2012

A gold backing for China’s renminbi?

Some central bankers may be listening to Ron Paul after all.

August 20, 2012

Philippine miners duck taxes by selling gold on the black market

Philippine gold production dropped by over half, but the reduction may have more to do with tax policy than actual output.

August 20, 2012

Turquoise Hill paid $61 million to departing Friedland and co

Severance packages for management, early vesting options and cancelling contracts with Friedland-owned companies for aircraft rental and other office services quickly added up.

August 20, 2012

Franco-Nevada injects $1 billion into Inmet’s copper project

Canada’s Franco-Nevada has committed a whopping $1 billion to support the development costs of Inmet's massive Cobre Panama copper project in exchange for a future precious metals stream.

August 20, 2012

Bring home profits from Nevada

Investors do not need to travel the world to make money in gold mining stocks. Nevada has world-class geology, infrastructure and a mine-friendly legal system without the substantial risks of…

August 20, 2012

Gold mining outlawed after 6 buried alive

"Owners of the illegal gold mines were recruiting children aged below 16 years to do casual labour on the mines contrary to the law."

August 20, 2012

Barkerville announces appointment of Kevin McMurren as mine manager

The company has announced that Kevin L. McMurren has rejoined Barkerville as the mine manager who will be on site overseeing all of the mining operations at the QR Mine…

August 20, 2012

Columbus Gold waives right over Karapinar project and considers termination of Demirtepe project option, Turkey

And considers termination of Demirtepe project option, Turkey

August 20, 2012

Southern Legacy files NI 43-101 technical report for the Antakori project in Cajamarca, Northern Peru

The AntaKori Project, containing copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, lead and zinc, is located between Gold Fields Cerro Corona mine and Buenaventura's Tantahuatay mine in Cajamarca, Peru.