April 10, 2013

PhotoSat completes mapping of Nova Copper’s Upper Kobuk project in Alaska.

PhotoSat is pleased to announce that it has completed satellite topography mapping of Nova Copper’s Upper Kobuk Mineral Project (UKMP) in northwestern Alaska, using stereo satellite photos from the WorldView-2…

April 10, 2013

Chilean court halts Barrick’s contentious Pascua-Lama project

Construction activities in the Argentine side of the project won't be affected by today’s resolution.

April 10, 2013

Meet the first Bitcoin billionaire

A social media user who goes by the handle of “The Bitcoin Billionaire” has been giving away over $13,000 worth of bitcoins.

April 10, 2013

Fed minutes early release knocks gold price down

The precious metal dropped below $1,575 an ounce and Goldman Sachs cut its 2013 gold price forecast for the second time in six weeks, to $1,545 an ounce from $1,610.

April 10, 2013

BHP could resume massive Jansen potash project this year

The $10bn mega project was shelved last year.

April 10, 2013

EU confronts mining corruption with new accord

Agreement focuses on companies with profits of at least 40 million euros ($52.5 million), total assets worth 20 million euros or 250 employees.

April 10, 2013

Tanzania’s first uranium mining license issued to Russian company

The measured and indicated resources of Mkuju River Project amounted to 35,888 tonnes of uranium.

April 9, 2013

Inflation to play small part in ‘Great Recession’ narrative: IMF

Has the behaviour of inflation changed?

April 9, 2013

Gold nanoparticle breakthrough could change Earth crust mineral exploration

Viewing gold nanocrystals in high resolution.

April 9, 2013

Iran earthquake kills 30, dangerously close to nuclear reactor

Southern Iran sits atop the active Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates.