Regulus secures C$11.5m financing, shares up 5%

Senior Analyst Louis James warns that "there are so many fragile points around the global economy today any jolt can cause follow-on crashes, collapses—all the volatility we have come to know and love since 2008."

The judge also ruled that a group of independent specialists should inspect the mine and take samples of soil, water and nearby vegetation.

The alleged deals involve Glencore's Collahausi mine in Chile, as well as Antamina and Antapaccay copper mines in Peru.

Gold price climbs nearly 2% as deflation returns to the US.

More than a dozen energy companies have been pressing U.S. authorities to lift the nation's four-decade moratorium on oil exports.

Shares in Vancouver firm up 7% after inking debt-equity-streaming deal for 7 million ounce Brucejack underground gold mine near Alaska border.

Under the agreement with AngloGold, Randgold will lead and fund a development plan to rebuild the Obuasi gold mine in Ghana.

Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 to 2013, will chair the company’s Vedanta Resources Holdings Ltd. unit and advise the group’s chairman.

The share sale is set to reduce the company’s net debt by a third to around $20 billion by the end of 2016.