August 30, 2012

EXCELSIOR GOLD LIMITED

Excelsior Gold Ltd. announced new drilling results for KALGOORLIE NORTH, Australia.

August 30, 2012

Northern Freegold announces closing of expedited private placement

Northern Freegold Resources announced that subject to TSX Venture Exchange acceptance, it has closed an expedited private placement of 10,000,000 units at $0.10 per unit for total gross proceeds of…

August 30, 2012

Atlantis announces shareholder approval of business combination with Touchstone Gold Limited

Atlantis Gold Mines announced the proposed merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Touchstone Gold Limited has been approved by shareholders today at a special meeting.

August 30, 2012

Time for eurozone to reach for the gold reserves

Is it time for some eurozone governments to start selling that metaphorical family silver? Or, more specifically look at their all-too-real gold reserves, to find a solution to Europe's crisis?…

August 30, 2012

Macabre twist: Lonmin protesters who survived massacre face murder charges

Two weeks after South African police opened fire on a group of 3,000 workers and killed 34 people protesting at the platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana mine, prosecutors are bringing…

August 30, 2012

Conga remains key for Newmont

Newmont Mining's (NYSE:NEM) $4.8 billion copper-gold project in Cajamarca Peru remains as one of the company’s priorities, but further development will be done on a very measured basis, told MINING.com…

August 30, 2012

SGS announces Cochrane Lab is now in operation

SGS is pleased to announce that the new, fully equipped, commercial geochemistry laboratory in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is now open and receiving samples.

August 30, 2012

Expectation over Friday’s Jackson Hole Fed speech puts bullion on hold

An awaited speech by Federal Reserve’s chairman Ben Bernanke at a central bankers' symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tomorrow, has investors wondering whether the institution will embark on another asset…

August 30, 2012

Xstrata kicks off production at Mount Margaret mine‎

London listed Xstrata (LON:XTA) started Thursday copper production at its $310 million (A$300) Mount Margaret operation in north-west Queensland, Australia.

August 30, 2012

Qatar Holding confirms it will vote against Glenstrata next week, shares dive

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has publicly said Friday it will vote against the mooted $70 billion merger between Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Xstrata (LON:XTA), which sent shares of both the Swiss…