Russia questions legality of US-planned moon mining pact

Shares in the Mexico-focused precious metal producer dropped as much as 2.4% to 1608 pence in London after the news.

Weakening currency supplies fatter margins for South African mines responsible for nearly three-quarters of global platinum production.

Seabridge Gold is building a 2.1km adit for underground exploration at its 100%-owned KSM property, the world's largest gold-copper project by reserves.

There’s no other way to say it: Gold had a bad week. Last Tuesday alone, the yellow metal fell more than 3 percent, shuffling off $43, in its biggest one-day loss in three years.

All involved banks will also have to produce all relevant chat room instant messages and any other written communication they exchanged, whatever the media.

The company remains confident the sale of its Rustenburg mines in South Africa to Sibanye Gold will clear its last regulatory hurdle before the end of the year.

Despite the lower figures, the miner noted it remains on track to meet full year revised guidance of 5.5-6.0 million ounces of silver this year.

Money manager Adrian Day discusses two companies in his portfolio that he says have had meaningful recent developments, both positive and negative, and that he deems good buys.

Goldcorp says it has commenced ramp up mining operations at Peñasquito.