September 6, 2012

Anti-mining protests take a toll on Peru’s foreign investment

Instead of the lauded $6 billion in mining invested forecasted for 2013 earlier this year, SNMPE says the country’s sector will attract about $4 billion.

September 6, 2012

Citi analyst sees gold hitting $2500, silver reaching record heights

Leading Citi analyst Tom Fitzpatrick expects gold to hit $2,500 in Q1 2013 while silver reaches record heights.

September 5, 2012

How long before the Earth’s bounty runs out – a future history

Scientific American provides a detailed, hypothetical response to the question which has no doubt crossed the mind of anyone involved with the mining sector - how long before the Earth's…

September 5, 2012

Nationalization is no help ending a mine fight in Bolivia

Over $1 million has lost Bolivia so far due to the conflict over rights at the silver, tin and zinc mine that used to belong to commodity trader Glencore (LON:GLEN),…

September 5, 2012

Great Panther Silver acquires El Horcon silver-gold project in Mexico

Great Panther bought the project from Compañía Minera El Dore for $1,600,000 in cash.

September 5, 2012

Mariana Resources intersects more silver and gold veins at Las Calandrias Project, Argentina

Canadian explorer Mariana Resources (LON:MARL, TSX:MRY) said the latest set of drilling results from the Calandria Sur deposit in Argentina were “good” with 13 of 21 holes returning “significant intersections”…

September 5, 2012

Torex expands gold-copper-silver discovery south of the Balsas River

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 4, 2012) - Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") (TSX:TXG) is pleased to report that drilling results continue to expand the gold-copper-silver mineralization at…

September 5, 2012

MAG Silver Corp. closes C$33.1 million private placement

MAG Silver Corp. (TSX: MAG; NYSE MKT: MVG) announced that it has closed its private placement offering of 3,526,210 common shares at a price of C$9.40 per share (the "Offering")…

September 5, 2012

Northair Intersects 45 Metres of 90.5 g/t Silver at La Cigarra Project, Mexico

International Northair Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:INM) announced Wednesday assay results from 6 core holes completed in the Las Carolinas Zone at its La Cigarra silver project, located in north central…

September 5, 2012

Rick Rule says QE ‘counterfeiting’ is coming to the EU

Rick Rule of Sprott Asset Management says quantitative easing by the EU and US central banks is all but inevitable in the short term.