June 26, 2013

Ailing gold prices down to 3-year low, precious metals follow

Precious metals crashed steeply overnight with gold and silver hitting fresh lows, and the yellow shiny metal heading towards its worst quarter in decades.

June 21, 2013

Five miners Chen Lin expects to buck the trend

For most investors, the market for gold and silver stocks resembles a battlefield littered with the dead and dying, especially after the last day or two.

June 21, 2013

Asteroid miner exceeds $1 million crowd-funding goal

Planetary Resources is now going for $2 million and has created new incentives to lure backers.

June 21, 2013

Prophecy Platinum completes $5.9m equity financing

Prophecy Platinum says it will use funds for Wellgreen and Shakespeare projects.

June 11, 2013

Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer

Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement.

June 10, 2013

Stillwater Mining CEO to retire

Helped company achieve NYSE listing.

June 2, 2013

Sprott’s David Franklin: Platinum and palladium’s year to shine

The price is in the headlines.

May 30, 2013

Letting platinum grains fall through his fingers

Inside a Noble Metals factory, where even the dust on your shoes is too valuable to ignore.

May 29, 2013

Planetary Resources wants to raise $1m with its first asteroid prospectors

Promises 'a telescope for everyone.'

May 29, 2013

EPA under attack over ‘biased’ Pebble Mine assessment

Agency quoted research conducted by anti-mining groups in its latest review of the project.