Venezuelan NGO says illegal mining runs rampant in protected, Indigenous land

In three decades, the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index has never declined four years in a row.

Toronto junior is up 46% this year and feasibility for Yaramoko improves on what was already one of the lowest cost and highest grade projects anywhere in the world.

The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.

Vancouver junior is expanding summer drilling after step outs at recent Kinsley Mountain discovery returns 10.6 g/t over 30.0m, including 16.1 g/t over 16.5m.

Tension grows as the illicit miners keep evading government efforts to bring them into the formal economy.

Chile's massive copper mines will soon be part of a "Mining Tourism Route," to kick off in 2015.

Gold touches 2-month low as hedge funds continue to cut back on bullish positions and holdings in physical gold trusts fall to 4-year low.

New ratings from Goldman Sachs sees strong upside for Vancouver's B2Gold on top of 38% share price gain so far this year.

Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.