September 24, 2012

Panelists to review Pebble Mine science

The heated battle over the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska is shifting to science, with panels weighing in on different reports that have only added more fuel to the…

September 24, 2012

Brazil’s Batista about to get richer – will sell 49% stake in AUX to Qatar

Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, number one on MINING.com's list of the world's wealthiest miners, is about to get even richer as the tycoon is in talks to sell a 49%…

September 24, 2012

Chalice announces proposed capital reduction and return

Chalice Gold Mines Limited (ASX: CHN/TSX: CXN) is pleased to advise that its Board proposes to seek shareholder approval under section 256B and 256C of the Corporations Act (2001) for…

September 24, 2012

China to help Venezuela develop one of world’s largest gold mines

China and Venezuela have signed an agreement to jointly develop Las Cristinas gold mine, one of the world’s largest deposits of the shiny yellow metal, located near a town bearing…

September 24, 2012

McEwen starts production at gold mine in Mexico

McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX)(TSX:MUX) announced that El Gallo Phase I in Sinaloa State, Mexico has achieved its first gold production.

September 24, 2012

Edgewater enters agreement to sell royalty interest on the Corcoesto Gold project

Canadian exploration company Edgewater got a $5 million financing through the sale of royalty interests on the Company's 100% owned Corcoesto Gold Project in northwest Spain.

September 24, 2012

Gold retreats from 6-1/2 month high as dollar firms

Gold prices eased nearly 1 percent on Monday, pulling back from the previous session's 6-1/2 month high, as the dollar rose and assets seen as higher risk, like stocks, the…

September 24, 2012

Investor gold buying to resume and Fed doubling their balance sheet AGAIN!

A leading precious metals consultancy, Thomson Reuters GFMS, has forecast that investors will buy record amounts of gold in the remainder of 2012. GFMS produces the benchmark supply and demand…

September 24, 2012

Record surge of mining claims in western Canada

An exceptional number of mineral claims have been filed in British Columbia, Canada, over the last three years and more than 11,000 were filed in the first seven months of…

September 24, 2012

‘Culture of cover-ups’ leads to Australia’s most lethal mines

A "culture of cover-ups" has led to a fatality rate for mines in mineral-rich Western Australia which is three times greater than that of any other Australian state.