January 23, 2012

Barkerville Announces Closing of $24,351,424 Under Equity Financing

Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BGM)(FRANKFURT:IWUB) (the "Company") announces that it has raised a further $5,997,788.43 together with the $18,353,636.05 raised in its previously announced financing through D&D Securities Inc.…

January 23, 2012

Infographic: The roots of gold investments

Trustable Gold has an interesting infographic that visualizes the above-ground stock of gold, the sources of gold broken and the uses of gold.

January 23, 2012

2012 continues to be good for gold

Comex gold and silver futures prices made strong gains in morning trade Monday, with the February gold contract powering to a six week high of $1,679.50 an ounce, up just…

January 23, 2012

Golden Hope Mines Announces Positive Preliminary Metallurgical Testing with Excellent Gravity Gold Recovery at Bellechasse-Timmins Gold Project in Southeastern Quebec, Canada

Golden Hope Mines Limited (TSX VENTURE: GNH, PINK SHEETS: GOLHF)is pleased to announce excellent gold recovery from preliminary metallurgical testwork at its Bellechasse-Timmins gold project in southeastern Quebec, Canada. Gold…

January 23, 2012

Pan American Silver acquiring Minefinders for $1.5 billion

Pan American Silver is buying Minefinders for $1.5 billion in a cash and stock deal. Markets reacted negatively to the news with Pan American today losing 8.67% of its value…

January 23, 2012

SilverCrest trades up after announcing a 424 percent increase in silver equivalent inferred resources

SilverCrest Mines (CVE:SVL), a gold and silver miner operating in Mexico, announced today that the inferred resources at its La Joya property increased by 424% from 24.0 million to 126.0…

January 22, 2012

Zimplats workers go on strike – State paper

According to state media reports, Workers at Impala Platinum's Zimbabwean unit have gone on strike in a bid to get the miner to pay for its employees' personal electricity bills

January 21, 2012

The how, when and why of gold confiscation by governments

In another article on gold confiscation, Julian Phillips reckons that this could become a reality as the decline in currency confidence makes such action inevitable.

January 20, 2012

Randgold’s new gold mine overcomes obstacles

Randgold Resources' new gold mine at Tongon in Cote d'Ivoire which was nurtured as a project through a civil war and then successfully commissioned in the final quarter of 2010…

January 20, 2012

$1billion Ivanplats IPO rumoured

Bloomberg reports that Ivanplats Ltd., an Africa-focused mining company controlled by billionaire CEO Robert Friedland, may seek up to $1 billion in an IPO.