April 19, 2012

Cluff Gold plc: Environmental permit received for the Baomahun Project in Sierra Leone

This important milestone in the project's development will allow us to progress with the feasibility study, which remains on track for completion in H1 2012."

April 19, 2012

Xstrata Coal opens Australian mine training facility

The Baal Bone mine in the Western Coalfields, about 130 kilometres from Sydney and about 26km north west of Lithgow in New South Wales will be used by Xstrata as…

April 19, 2012

Copper prices will hit bottom before rising in latter part of 2012

Copper prices will continue dipping but only until the middle of this year, at which point they should start rising again, according to the latest Thomson Reuters’ GFMS Copper Survey…

April 19, 2012

Timberline announces 36% increase to its measured & indicated gold tesource at Lookout Mountain

Timberline Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TBR)(NYSE Amex:TLR) ("Timberline" or the "Company") today announced a substantial increase to its National Instrument 43-101 compliant gold resource estimate at its Lookout Mountain Gold Project…

April 19, 2012

Alleged Ponzi scheme rocks Israeli Diamond Exchange

A trader at the Israeli diamond center has been barred from entering the diamond complex in Ramat Gan after allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme. On Wednesday, a $1.3 million lawsuit…

April 19, 2012

Mongolia’s ‘ninja’ miners help sate China’s lust for gold

In a hot, concrete hut filled with acetylene fumes, an elderly Mongolian miner struggles to contain her excitement as she plucks a sizzling inch-long nugget of gold from a grubby…

April 19, 2012

Minister Susan Shabangu: Launch of Lonmin Artisan Training College

Speech of the Minister of Mineral Resources; Ms Susan Shabangu at the launch of the Lonmin Artisan Training College: at Marikana, 18 April 2012 Programme Director; The MEC of the…

April 19, 2012

Indian diamond exports fall 17.3% as measures to curb ‘round-tripping’ bite

The imposition of a 2 percent import duty on cut and polished diamonds on January 17 this year resulted in a dramatic reduction by 17.3 percent of India’s polished diamond…

April 19, 2012

Are Google executives and James Cameron planning to mine asteroids?

Speculation is mounting that group of heavy-hitting investors—including filmmaker James Cameron and Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt—may announce next week in Seattle plans to mine asteroids for minerals.

April 19, 2012

Rio Novo Gold announces filing of Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report for its Almas Gold Project

Rio Novo Gold Inc. (TSX:RN)(TSX:RN.WT) ("Rio Novo" or the "Company") announces that a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report in support of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of its Almas…