Small mining companies shun London market after IPO flops

(Temecula, California) -- How will gold, silver and other precious metals perform in 2012?

Gold is ringing out the year on a sour note, dropping below $1,550/oz and losing nearly 10% of its value in the last month.

The Calgary Herald is reporting that a Canadian family running an offshore organization under investigation by police has taken over a gold mining company in Ecuador.

New Guinea Gold (CVE:NGG) temporarily halted mining and processing at its Mt Sinivit operation after it was occupied by the Wild Dog Mining Area Landowner Association and Lulai Nakama Association.

Arc Exploration Limited (ARX), an Australian gold mining exploration company with presence in Indonesia, has halted activities at a project in Bima, after a violent protest at the nearby port of Sape last week that left two people dead.

The current bull market in precious metals is set to hit new heights in the coming years, but many financial types still do not fully grasp the implications of what is driving the rise in gold and silver prices. In order to understand the nature of thi...

Governments hate competition. Due to record breaking gold prices this year, more unauthorized gold exchanges have been created to capitalize on gold fever.

Outotec has come up with two new roasting processes for eliminating impurities from copper and gold concentrates.

The head of research for China's Central Banl says that the country should buy gold as the only safe place for risk averse investors when other assets are losing value