Frik Els , Editor

The new 49ers and California’s second gold rush

Scores of hard-core prospectors work the San Gabriel, and perhaps 50,000 people throughout the state prowl a few weekends a year with pans and metal detectors and dowsing rods.

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 10:54 pm

Southern Hemisphere puts itself on the investor map with Chile copper intersects

“We may well look back on this as the moment the Llahuin Project gained critical mass, all without the need to do a deal with a third party.”

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 8:44 pm

Eldorado jumps after work resumes at Greek project

Eldorado Gold added more than 3% on Tuesday after announcing Greece's top administrative court had revoked a provisional order issued on June 29 which suspended the surface clearing activities of Hellas Gold, a 95%-owned subsidiary of Eldorado, in Halkidiki, Greece.

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 7:14 pm

Intrepid Mines sold off again after failing to find raiders of its Indonesia project

Intrepid Mining has now lost 59% of its market value after news broke that a local business groups orchestrated the ouster of ASX and TSX-listed company from an Indonesian copper and gold project.

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 6:28 pm

Indonesia ‘requests’ 51% of Grasberg, Freeport agrees to 9.3% ‘at the moment’. What happens next?

The tide of resource nationalism sweeping the developing world may be catching up with Grasberg and Freeport Indonesia.

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 5:55 pm

Spanish uranium mining revived

Stock in London-listed Berkeley Resources added 9% after announcing a deal with Enusa – Spain's state-owned nuclear enterprise.

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 4:41 pm

Pebble mine: ‘If God were testing us, he couldn’t have found a more challenging place’

Arguably the richest prize in mining, the Pebble project pits a watershed where up to 40 million salmon spawn each year against copper and gold reserves worth as much as $500 billion according to a new documentary.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 11:32 pm

CNOOC-Nexen: China’s swoop shows sweet timing as Canadian crude discount halves

Despite a steep drop in the price of crude on Monday with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate down almost 4% in afternoon trade at $88.55, the price oil sands producers receive has improved dramatically since the start of July.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 7:50 pm

Investors dig 16% hole in African Barrick after Tanzania costs jump 43%

The Tanzanian-focused miner blamed the cost of generating its own electricity – which it has to do "more and more" – for the increase in costs.

Frik Els | July 23, 2012 | 5:24 pm

London 2012: And the 92.5% silver gold medal goes to…

Making the 2012 Olympic gold medal from pure gold would amount to $22,000 per medal at Friday's closing price of $1,585 an ounce. Event organizers baulked and opted for a mix of silver, a few grams of gold and copper for winning athletes.

Frik Els | July 21, 2012 | 12:20 am

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