Kinross going ahead with expansion of Alaska gold mine

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed bracelets with snake heads, a tiara with animal motifs and 100 buttons in a hoard of ancient golden artefacts uncovered during excavations.

Oil, gas and mining companies' request to have transparency rules put on hold under 2010 financial reform act has been rejected.

Call it the Obama Put.

Peruvian precious metals miner Hochschild (LON:HOC) is acquiring Canadian Andina Minerals (TSX-V:ASM), after the junior gold miner agreed late Thursday to a friendly takeover.

While the junior mining sector has not seen the benefits of higher gold prices, there is reason for optimism, says Vikas Ranjan, managing director and principal of Ubika Research.

A new report by Johannesburg-based South Africa Resource Watch (SARW) claims that China is exploiting cheap labor in the sub-Saharan nation and subjecting employees in the mining industry to harsh working conditions.

The prospect of continuing dovish US monetary policy under re-elected US president Barack Obama is lighting a fire under gold ETF investors.

A "mini gold rush" of amateur prospectors has hit the Australian state of Victoria, with families and retirees from state capital Melbourne traveling to Bendigo in the hopes of striking it rich.

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) CEO, Mark Cutifani, reassured investors on Thursday the firm would turn the corner after several strikes in the mining sector left it with major losses.