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No one buys Congo’s mining assets on the cheap: Government

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Mines went on the defensive on Monday about allegedly granting mining licenses to companies with close connections to the government. It qualified those accusations as uninformed and a “double standard."

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 18, 2012 | 1:34 pm

Edgewater Exploration Ltd.: $120 million debt financing mandate awarded for the Corcoesto gold project

Edgewater Exploration Ltd. arranges $120 million debt financing with Credit Suisse AG and Barclays Bank PLC to to develop the Corcoesto Gold Project, Galicia Spain.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | June 18, 2012 | 1:15 pm

Grexit and gold: Election outcome buys Greece more time, but not much more

The risk of a Greek exit from the Eurozone "has moved towards next year," and "markets will be concerned about how narrow the margin of victory" was for the pro-bailout party say analysts.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 17, 2012 | 10:10 pm

End of the supercycle is also spelling the end of radical resource nationalism

"Natural resources companies with a pipeline of, say, five projects in five different countries are now likely to build just two or three of those. Thus, executives have the power to cherry pick which combination of country and project offers the best returns."

Frik Els | June 17, 2012 | 8:32 pm

Gold Fields unlikely to bag concessions

Gold Fields Ltd. may have to settle for a shorter than planned mine life for a gold project in the Philippines due to permit restrictions, a government official said.

Business World | June 17, 2012 | 12:22 am

Investing opportunities in overlooked Argentina

Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, discusses the cloud of uncertainty hanging over Argentina in an interview with The Gold Report.

The Gold Report | June 16, 2012 | 12:01 am

Mining minister sides with Australian gold company in Moose River land dispute

Nova Scotia's Natural Resources Minister, Charlie Parker, is supporting DDV Gold Ltd., an Australian gold company, over a family run Christmas tree farm that doesn't want its land expropriated and turned into an open pit mine.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 15, 2012 | 10:29 pm

GFMS says gold hedging is a peripheral issue. Others not so sure

Moderate net hedging by gold producers is expected for the full year, but GFMS-SocGen stressed that it did not mean a shift in management attitude towards hedging.

Frik Els | June 15, 2012 | 5:38 pm

Kumtor’s freezing Kyrgyzstan’s ceasing

Kyrgyzstan's economy will grow by barely a quarter of the 7.5 percent originally forecast because of the collapse in output from the nation's flagship venture with Canada's Centerra Gold.

Joshua Zapf | June 15, 2012 | 5:21 pm

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