Fresnillo jumps after HBSC upgrades rating to ‘buy’

The native group opposing the Prosperity Mine in northern British Columbia has little faith in the just-launched federal environmental review of the project, CTV News reports.

Tiny Oman, the Sultanate perched on the southeast tip of the Arabian peninsula, is setting up for a quantum leap in mining, the Oman Daily Observer reports in an article published Saturday.

Bloomberg reports gold traders are upbeat about the prospects for the gold price for the fourth week in a row after the Fed's interest rate move gave gold the best start to a year since 1980. Gold has risen 10% since the start of the year, rebounding from the first quarterly decline in three years and scaling the $1,700 an ounce level for the first time since December 9.

On the last day of Roundup, Vancouver's mining showcase, Sandy Chim CEO of Canada's Century Iron Mines, flashed a few slides about China, India and the iron ore market that would make gold bugs green with envy.

Reality show producers, who have made shows about ice road trucking and underground coal mining in Virginia, have now turned their lens on underwater gold miners that work the waters off Nome, Alaska.

Crocodile Gold (TSE:CRK) expects higher gold output this year, expecting to produce between 75,000 and 85,000 ounces of gold at a cash […]

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 27, 2012) - Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN)(NYSE:IVN)(NASDAQ:IVN) Deputy Chairman Peter Meredith said today he expected the company's 14-member Board of Directors will continue to maintain a majority of independent directors, in accordance with the December 8, 2010, Heads of Agreement signed by Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto.

Wealth-X reports that Perth, one of the world's most isolated capitals, ranks as Australia's fourth most popular destination for the country's super rich, and Perth is climbing the rankings.

Fortuna Silver Mines boosted production by close to a third last year at its Mexico and Peru silver mines.