June 15, 2012

The three highest paid executives in BC all worked at Ivanhoe Mines

John Macken, who recently gave up being president of Ivanhoe Mines, was BC’s top paid executive and brought home a total $23.358 million […]

June 15, 2012

Prepare for a white knuckle ride with volatility being the ‘norm’

In the early days of this bull market in precious metals we all did well as most mining stocks sprang to life and made considerable gains.

June 14, 2012

Scathing report calls India’s 2,600 mines ‘out of control’

Illegality in the mining sector has deprived state governments of badly needed revenues, threatened the industry with costly and unpredictable shutdowns, and generated political chaos that helped bring down two…

June 14, 2012

Mirasol drills the Rio Seco prospect, Claudia gold-silver project, Argentina

Mirasol recently reported it has initiated an aggressive surface exploration program focused on three large epithermal gold-silver prospects at the Claudia Project in Argentina.

June 14, 2012

Bloodletting at Gabriel Resources over latest Romania setback

Shares in Gabriel Resources were hammered again over the latest Rosia Montana shambles, dropping 6.9% on Thursday. Its losses for the week now top 15% and it also received the…

June 14, 2012

Silver is for champions

Silver Is representative of the best in many sports – more specifically, to the nearly 35 pounds of silver in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup, the century-old championship symbol…

June 14, 2012

Nevada’s Relief Canyon Mine: a look at its rich history; a view into its golden future

Located in Northwestern Nevada, along the southern edge of the Humboldt Range, lies the Relief Canyon Mine. Situated 110 miles northeast of Reno and 16 miles east / northeast of…

June 14, 2012

Consolidated Goldfields continues to expand gold mineralization at its Cahuilla project with significant drill intercepts

With the announcement Consolidated Goldfield saw as an 18% jump in stock price midday reaching $0.35 by 12:00pm EDT.

June 14, 2012

Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal metal provider under fire

Despite the metals for the Olympic medals being donated by Rio Tinto for free, environmentalists, unions still see the occasion as yet another opportunity for publicly castigating the mega miner.

June 13, 2012

Euro debt crisis is good for gold and silver: Sprott Money Manager

Charles Oliver, a senior portfolio manager for Sprott Asset Management, is keeping the faith that gold and silver stocks will eventually benefit this year as Europe and the U.S. continue…