NASA wants your name in its first asteroid mission, leaving in 2016

The program calls for 10,000 meters of core drilling designed to expand by as much as 800 meters the block cave shapes that confine the current resource estimate

Every day, there are a whopping 5,500 tonnes ($212 billion) of gold traded in London, making it the largest wholesale and over-the-counter (OTC) market for gold in the world.

Chart: Gold price is down $60 in a week of trading, but physically-backed gold ETF investors remain convinced of longer term uptrend.

In an industry that is renowned for stupendous extremes, what is considered big among the big?

K92 Mining (KNT.V) is poised for production at its Papua New Guinea (PNG) gold project and lists on the TSXV tomorrow under the symbol KNT.

Fresh string of penalties and fees are one of the latest signs of renewed tensions between the Kyrgyzstan government and the Canadian miner.

Strong performance also came on the back of strategic initiatives, such as non-core asset sales, aggressive cost control measures and a disciplined approach in reducing debt.

Project to extend life of Hecla Mining's Lucky Friday silver mine beyond 2040.

Hedge funds scramble to dump 708 tonnes worth of longs on New York futures market as gold suffers worst trading day since March.