Copper $ 4.5875 / lb -0.55%

Brent Crude Oil $ 63.72 / bbl -0.50%

Palladium $ 979 / ozt -0.10%

Crude Oil $ 61.17 / bbl -0.60%

Natural Gas $ 3.289 / Btu -0.87%

Silver Futures $ 32.38 / ozt 0.23%

Aluminum Futures $ 2317.5 / ton 0.00%

Micro Gold Futures $ 3320 / ozt 1.43%

Micro Silver Futures $ 32.36 / ozt 0.14%

Platinum $ 969 / ozt -0.14%

Gold Futures $ 3293.2 / ozt 1.38%

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Frik Els , Editor

Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.

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You’re diluted! White Tiger plans massive new share issue without seeking shareholder approval

White Tiger is applying to the Toronto Stock Exchange for exemption under the exchange's "financial hardship" provisions.

Frik Els | May 11, 2012 | 11:30 pm

Molycorp stock is following rare earth prices over a cliff

Molycorp was forced to sell rare-earth oxides from Mountain Pass for 20% cheaper than during the December quarter last year. The company's stock is now worth 60% less than this time last year and all the gains from the Neo Material takeover have evaporated.

Frik Els | May 11, 2012 | 9:31 pm

End of the Kim era at Kazakhmys

When Kim got involved with Kazakhmys (then called ZhezkazganTsvetMet) during the 1990s the Soviet era the state company was in complete disarray and debt laden. He turned Kazakhmys into a $6 billion company and amassed a personal fortune of $3.5 billion along the way.

Frik Els | May 11, 2012 | 7:03 pm

Copper price surges to 2-month peak, shaking off China concerns

Rio says iron ore to stay strong even as other mining segments ‘come off the boil’

"It's not just resources versus the rest of the economy, it's iron ore versus the rest of resources versus the rest of the economy."

Frik Els | May 10, 2012 | 10:43 pm

Gold, silver take a Friday beating

Qatar plonks $4 billion on Xstrata and hands Glasenberg another victory

The oil and natural gas rich nation's stake in the coal giant is now 8% with a target of over 10%, providing crucial back for Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg to push through the $90 billion merger with Xstrata.

Frik Els | May 10, 2012 | 7:28 pm

Lake Shore Gold offer doubles Temex stock value

Good news from West Timmins gives Lake Shore Gold 8% bump

Lake Shore Gold added 8.2% on Thursday after announcing positive financial and operating results for the first quarter as it accelerates a $160 million capex programme for the year.

Frik Els | May 10, 2012 | 6:34 pm

Colt Resources on a roll in Portugal

Colt Resources (TSX-V:GTP) added 5.9% on Thursday on higher than usual trading volumes, after announcing positive drill results from its Boa Fé gold project in southern Portugal.

Frik Els | May 10, 2012 | 5:44 pm

Avion Gold languishing near 52-week low despite almost doubling resources in Mali

Shares of Avion Gold failed to recover on Thursday after taking a 28% pummeling the day before, despite announcing vastly improved mineral resources at its Tabakoto Project in Mali, West Africa.

Frik Els | May 10, 2012 | 4:53 pm

Rinehart’s latest legal move means her kids probably won’t see a dime of her $18 billion fortune

Except for Ginia of course, the only child who is not suing Gina for control of the family trust.

Frik Els | May 9, 2012 | 11:55 pm

Denison Mines net loss widens to $52 million on sale of US assets

Denison Mines Corp shed 1.2% on Wednesday bringing its losses over the last week to 19% ahead of quarterly results that showed the company widened losses to $51.9 million.

Frik Els | May 9, 2012 | 10:30 pm

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One of the strangest chapters in copper mining is drawing to a close

When copper prices are swinging this wildly it’s easy to lose sight of the giant hole that exists in the industry where dynamite meets bedrock.

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