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Silver responds to Fed, then weakens

Silver started this week moving in a positive direction, but is now back under pressure. The metal has yet to return to its February 29 high, and it appears that many investors are deciding not to wait around.

Resource Investing News | March 31, 2012 | 8:14 pm

A look at gold royalty companies

Gold royalty companies provide upfront capital to developing gold mining producers to help with the expenditures of bringing the mine into production.

Mining Stocks Guide | March 31, 2012 | 7:10 pm

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.

Wall St. Cheat Sheet | March 31, 2012 | 6:35 pm

Ecometals gives Condor Gold buyers more time to come up with money. And not for the first time

Ecometals Limited announced after the market close on Friday that is has been forced to give Ecuador Capital Corporation more time to come up with a final payment of $1,750,000 for its Condor Gold Project in Ecuador.

Frik Els | March 31, 2012 | 12:10 am

On White Tiger misses deadline to submit financials, says struggling to account for Century buy

White Tiger Gold (TSX:WTG) is worth only one-tenth of what it was last year and news out late on Friday will do little to restore investor confidence in the Canada-Russia gold miner.

Frik Els | March 30, 2012 | 11:35 pm

Zimbabwe going swimmingly for Caledonia, but platinum rights in South Africa go missing

Production at Blanket in Zimbabwe doubled and the Toronto-based company said it paid direct and indirect taxes, royalties, licence fees, levies and other monies to the Government of Zimbabwe totalling $13,6 million.

Frik Els | March 30, 2012 | 10:40 pm

Sources say Polyus Gold’s $1 billion London sale will happen in April. They may want to check with Vlad Putin

Prime minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin heads a government commission that has sweeping authority over foreign investment in companies like Polyus Gold, whose gold reserves are considered strategic by the state.

Frik Els | March 30, 2012 | 8:02 pm

The spiralling cost of making nuclear energy safe is bringing the industry to its knees: researcher

The costs don't add up for nuclear power, according to a study by the Vermont Law School, and the high price tag of making nuclear energy safe is imperilling the industry.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 30, 2012 | 6:42 pm

BayFront and Roman Copper comment on their acquisition of Cupru Min

BayFront Capital Partners and its wholly-owned subsidiary Roman Copper Corp. today released further details of their plan for Cupru Min and its world-class Rosia Poieni copper mine, acquired as part of the Romanian government’s privatization program.

Business Wire Natural Resources News | March 30, 2012 | 6:10 pm

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