Illegal miners caused ‘little damage’ at gold mine in Costa Rica: Minister

The move would drop the number of FTSE 100 with all-male boards to five.

Close to 40 masked intruders stormed into the Skouries project's facilities, causing extensive damage with firebombs and flammable liquid.

The Japanese port city of Ishinomaki received an anonymous parcel containing two 1 kilogram gold bars worth over $250,000.

“They can do what they want,” said Energy and Mines Minister Rich Coleman.

The country rejected Saturday an independent report claiming security forces used white phosphorus in a crackdown on a Chinese-backed copper mine protest last November.

To date, Vista had invested over $9 million in the water treatment programme and the construction of the automated management system, at the Mt Todd mine site in Northern Territory, Australia.

Company puts out 700,400 ounces of gold with revenues of $1.4 billion in its fourth quarter.

Soros dumps gold-related investments

The Turkey-Iran gold-for-gas exchange can be considered dead as tighter US sanctions imposed on Tehran have already stopped Turkish Halkbank from processing other countries’ energy payments to the OPEC oil producer.