Sirios obtains up to 97% gold recovery at Cheechoo

A Thai gold mining company is under fire this week after lab results indicated as many as 6,000 people may have been poisoned by heavy metals.

Heavy selling drops gold price more than $30 an ounce.

Surprise decision come in the wake of falling oil prices.

The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.

The sum will be given on the completion of the sale of 15% of its Solwara 1 project to an entity nominated by Papua New Guinea.

The US dollar's stunning run since May which have wreaked havoc on commodity markets may be close to correcting.

Edmund C Moy, Fortress Gold strategist and former US Mint director, discusses paper versus physical gold, Asian demand, central bank mistrust and Fort Knox.

Company say it would focus on core projects.

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