March 14, 2011

Quake aftermath: Gold futures rise; palladium, platinum fall

Gold futures rose for the second straight session as Japan’s strongest earthquake on record boosted demand for a haven asset, reports Bloomberg. Palladium fell for an eighth straight session, the…

March 8, 2011

Franconia Minerals Shareholders Approve Arrangement With Duluth Metals

Franconia shareholders have approved an agreement whereby Duluth will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Franconia, and Franconia will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duluth. Franconia's assets are…

March 7, 2011

Papuan Precious Metals Corporation: Sampling Returns Copper Values as High as 23.86% from Ioleu Creek Prospect, Mt. Suckling

Papuan Precious Metals (TSX VENTURE:PAU)(OTCQX:PAUFF) announced that it has received geochemical results from 25 rock samples collected at its 100% owned Ioleu […]

March 7, 2011

Heavy hitters talk about the virtues of gold

It was a strong week for the precious metals especially Silver. We had a few large players in the world talk about Gold and the coming further weakness of the…

March 6, 2011

Russia’s young flock to Arctic mining town

Lung-blackening pollution and Arctic isolation have not stopped Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel from attracting graduates to work in its mines. Andrey Ostroukh, writing for Reuters, describes how nickel and…

March 3, 2011

Mapping project by British Columbia Geological Survey identifies “unprecedented opportunities” in new zones and offers insights in Romios’ Dirk/Newmont Lake area Geology

Romios Gold Resources announced that a 2010 mapping project from the British Columbia Geological Survey confirmed Romios' previous claims that the Dirk property mineralization is analogous to and may be…

February 28, 2011

“Americans save yourselves” week

Markets were weak this past week and not just for a day or two. Us markets have violated key levels, but are bouncing for now.

February 22, 2011

Stillwater Mining reports highest earnings in a decade

Stillwater Mining Company today reported 2010 net income of $50.4 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, on revenues of $555.9 million. Contributing to the net income in 2010 were higher…

February 21, 2011

Bubble Butt

In comparison to the events in the Middle East, talking about markets seems frivolous, but it is what we are here for ultimately.

February 18, 2011

Impala Platinum H1 profits jump 62%; Sees strong results ahead

Strong platinum and palladium prices have led to a sharp rise in Impala Platinum’s half-year profits. The world’s second largest platinum miner […]