March 31, 2012 Should investors activate gold and silver airbags? Earlier this week, a fully loaded Brinks truck carrying between $3 million and $5 million in uncirculated loonies and toonies crashed on a snow covered highway in Ontario, Canada.
March 30, 2012 McEwen blasts gold miners on dividends, investment appeal Rob McEwen has blasted senior gold miners, saying they should be paying out more in yields and dividends to attract shareholders and broaden the appeal of gold investment.
March 30, 2012 U.S. Silver reports fifth consecutive year-end increase in proven and probable reserves to 23.2 million ounces of silver U.S. Silver Corporation (TSX: USA, US OTCQX: USSID, Frankfurt: QE2) (“US Silver” or “the Company”) announces that year-end reserves have once again increased in excess of production for the fifth…
March 29, 2012 Canadian junior miners claim ‘lack of industry support’ in disputes with First Nations Canadian exploration companies feel their industry association doesn’t hear them, Neal Smitheman, a lawyer who represents junior mining companies in disputes with First Nations, told CBC.
March 29, 2012 World’s largest money manager losing confidence in BHP Billiton "They need to clearly indicate to the market what their strategy around Olympic Dam is, around shale gas, all of these things, to return confidence that they're not spending huge…
March 28, 2012 Fatal flaws and opportunities in gold investing: Brent Cook Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights, describes the past 15 years of change in gold, copper and iron.
March 28, 2012 Canadian silver company denies involvement in murder of Mexican activist A Canadian company operating a silver mine in Mexico says it is not in any way linked to the recent murder of an anti-mining activist as alleged by human rights…
March 27, 2012 Mining in Mexico: a wise investment? At lunch today a colleague posed the question, would you invest in a Mexican mining enterprise? My answer: I honestly don’t have a clue.
March 27, 2012 £500m of plundered art hidden in German silver mine An expedition to uncover £500 million of missing artwork looted by the Nazis during the Second World War has been launched in Germany.
March 27, 2012 Silver tailings: Profitable waste? Tailings are materials produced from mining such as milled rock and effluents. In many cases, massive quantities of these materials, regarded as waste, are left from previous operations. Given the…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
