Thor Explorations says results of test work at Segilola better than expected

Simply put, China has built too much, too quickly.

Research just out from the World Gold Council, titled ‘Gold as a Strategic Asset for UK Investors’, adds to the evidence that gold investing adds diversification to a portfolio like nothing else.

Twenty eight miners who were trapped in Waihi's Trio gold mine following a fire accident have all been safely evacuated.

Strategies for gold reserves replacement: the costs of finding and acquiring gold.

New oil reserves could also create new centres of power and in the context of a general oil rush in Central and East Africa, the lack of clearly defined borders, especially in the Great Lakes region, poses significant risk for maintaining regional stability.

Investor fears about mining stocks are misplaced especially if those companies are mining in Mongolia. The country home to the largest copper deposit and this Gold Report explains why there is potential for dozens more similar finds.

The Democratic Party which campaigned on sharing more of the spoils of mining with Mongolian citizens won the majority of seats while the junior partner in the new ruling coalition, the MPRP – led by a former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar – bases its whole doctrine on taking back foreign-owned mines.

The World Bank Group accepted a complaint and will evaluate its investment in Eco Oro Mineral’s Angostura mining project, a proposed large-scale gold mine located in a fragile, high-altitude wetland called the Santurbán páramo, which provides water to over 2.2 million Colombians

Negotiations among Peruvian authorities, Newmont Mining and the local communities with the intent to end the seven-month conflict over the $5 billion Conga project in the northern region of Cajamarca, are leaving out one key piece: the workers.