July 9, 2011 India’s MMTC to import 12% more gold, 30% more silver Mineweb reported that India wants to increase gold and silver imports to meet higher demand. The market news is quoted as saying: The state-run trading company called Minerals and Metals…
July 9, 2011 Gold pops, silver sputters on weak jobs report The Street reported that gold prices increased and silver was flat following a poor report on US jobs. The market news is quoted as saying: Before the jobs number, the…
July 9, 2011 Argentum closes final tranche of private placement Argentum Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASL) has closed the third and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement of $0.35 units. The units each consist of one common share and one-half…
July 9, 2011 Silver and gold ‘overbought’ and take a COMEX June thumping Gold and silver took a thumping in late June as overbought speculative positions were unwound and gold's contraction of 132 tonnes in the net long on COMEX was the largest…
July 9, 2011 Gold and silver as money – reasons and relevance today The need for a stable means of exchange is as old as mankind. Cigarettes, seashells, salt, goats, dried fish, or paper all fulfilled that role at some point. Their scarceness…
July 8, 2011 Rio Tinto hands over metal used to make Olympic medals to organisers The first metal that will be used to make London Olympics medals was handed over to organisers Friday. Mining company Rio Tinto, who will supply the metal, gave a lump…
July 8, 2011 Breakaway Resources – Altia joint venture: further drilling planned Breakaway Resources Limited (ASX: BRW) is pleased to advise that BHP Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd (ASX: BHP - "BHP Billiton") is proposing further diamond drilling under a Farm-in and Joint…
July 8, 2011 Peru creates additional retirement fund for miners Peru's congress Thursday enacted a new law on Thursday that provides miners with an additional retirement fund funded by corporate profits and payrolls Peru's Congress enacted a law on Thursday…
July 7, 2011 Trevali announces $15 million non-brokered private placement Trevali Mining announced that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 common shares at a price of CDN $1.50 per common share to raise gross proceeds…
July 7, 2011 Sunshine Silver Mines files IPO, hopes to raise $250m for Idaho mine An outfit called Sunshine Silver Mines Corporation has just filed paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering. Financial terms are not disclosed other than that it has filed…
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