OceanaGold boosts exploration target at Waihi

Chart of gold option trading reveals what the Swiss bombshell did for bullion.

Analyst downgrade sinks shares of Vancouver-based owner of fast-expanding polymetallic mines in Peru and Mexico.

Vancouver gold miner forecasts minimum 80,000oz dip in output this year even as costs at mines in Greece, Turkey and China surge as much as 28%.

The company has been trying for 15 years to get a permit for Rosia Montana, poised to be Europe's biggest gold mine.

But it lost its gains right after two ECB officials said policy makers would propose purchasing 50 billion euros in assets per month through the end of 2016.

December is a period that sees lower levels of exploration and resource announcements, and last month was every bit as disappointing as expected, an SNL report shows.

Past policies of the Swiss National Bank towards gold backfired badly. But last week's fiat money fiasco could be the real game changer.

TSX-Venture junior Sutter Gold Mining cannot explain the sudden surge in more than 10-times usual trading volumes.

Six-month high on safe haven buying as European worries roil markets.