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Ivanhoe Mines was up 7.6% in afternoon trade on Friday after the company provided an update on its Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia and announced shareholders had approved a name change.

Base and precious metals continued to rally in New York trade after the EU moved "to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns" early on Friday.

The opposition Democratic Party declared victory in yesterday’s parliamentary elections over Mongolia’s ruling party in a highly disputed election that focused on how to better share profits from a conflict-ridden mining industry.

Chalice stock jumped 7.3% on the ASX in Sydney on the news.

According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the total value of goods and services produced in Ghana grew by 8.7% in the first quarter of 2012, relative to that of 2011.

An insight into the salaries of technical, managerial and administrative folk who work on Canadian Mines.

There’s "no semblance of a safe-haven" at the moment and "the technical profile of bullion is also weak."

Nautilus Minerals, locked in a dispute with Papua New Guinea over ownership of the world's first sea-floor mine, dropped 9.7% on Thursday, hurt by news of violence, kidnapping, vote rigging and delays after the first week of general elections in the country.

Shares of Centerra Gold fell 16% by midday after an announcement that one of its directors had quit.