December 17, 2012 Chileans divided over value of Barrick’s water fund When it comes to its $8.5 billion Pascua Lama project, 2012 was not a great year for Canada’s Barrick Gold.
December 17, 2012 Anglo Asian signs copper sales contract with Glencore Under the terms of the sales agreement, Glencore will purchase 250 wet metric tonnes (WMT) per month of copper concentrate product.
December 16, 2012 First Majestic announces friendly acquisition of Orko Silver First Majestic has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Orko
December 16, 2012 ‘Gold and silver will return to the historic role of sound money’: Fitzwilson "If history is our guide, the new wealthy will be those who had the wisdom to get out of paper money before the end of the current system."
December 16, 2012 INFOGRAPHIC: Stunning growth in the developing world’s new millionaires Brazil and China lead the pack
December 15, 2012 World’s biggest, savviest investors to crowd gold and silver markets says Sprott founding chairman "The most massive and most intelligent pools of capital on the planet are now looking to crowd into the gold and silver space."
December 15, 2012 Chinese investors make foray into Alaskan mining A Chinese fund has contributed $3 million in financing to explorations for copper, gold, zinc and silver at two project sites in Alaska
December 14, 2012 China’s influence on the global silver market has surged since the turn of the century Middle Kingdom set to become world's second biggest producer of the precious metal
December 14, 2012 Argonaut Exploration Inc. updates Lucky Luke mine, Cordillera mine and Dorreen mine status and gold results Argonaut has completed two late fall geologic field examinations directed at locating and sampling the historic Lucky Luke and Cordillera Gold Mines.
December 13, 2012 Colombian armed rebels tighten control over gold mining Mining, not drugs, main income source for the revolutionary groups in Colombia.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
