January 10, 2018

Giant Bougainville mine restart stalls on moratorium over fears of civil unrest

The Bougainville government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the controversial Panguna site — once the world's biggest open-pit copper mine.

January 10, 2018

Here are the key levels in gold & gold miners

Gold stocks blew past their 200-day moving averages, gold over $1300/oz. Now let's take a technical look and focus on key support and resistance targets.

January 10, 2018

Centamin jumps on better-than-expected gold output estimates

The Egypt-focused gold miner also expects solid growth this year. It’s targeting 580,000 ounces in production, up from an estimate of 550,000-560,000 ounces.

January 8, 2018

Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin virtually triple hydroelectric output to support the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project

Fresh Kakula resource estimate being prepared based on drilling completed to the end of December 2017.

January 7, 2018

Huge silver deposit discovered in Inner Mongolia

Chinese media is reporting that a large deposit of silver has been found in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.

January 5, 2018

CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants

The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.

January 5, 2018

House of Cards’ $1.3-million diamond-encrusted bottle of vodka stolen

The Russo-Baltique bottle belongs to Dartz founder Leonard Yankelovich.

January 3, 2018

Drilling in Stars

A winter drilling program has begun on the Stars mine in British Columbia.

January 3, 2018

A silver stock rated a strong buy

Clive Maund conducts a technical analysis on a silver company and finds it is at a good entry point.

January 1, 2018

Patagonia Gold to pay $15 million for gold/silver project in Argentina

Patagonia’s plans have reignited a long-standing debate related to the environmental risks of open-pit operations that use of cyanide leaching technology.