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Precious metals crashed steeply overnight with gold and silver hitting fresh lows, and the yellow shiny metal heading towards its worst quarter in decades.

92% of employees to be retrenched or their employment terminated.

The AMCU, South Africa's fastest-growing mining labour, is also asking gold firms to triple the current base wage for surface miners.

The island nation will look to secure a steady supply of African natural gas, oil and rare earth metals.

For most investors, the market for gold and silver stocks resembles a battlefield littered with the dead and dying, especially after the last day or two.

The chambers of mines will kick-off talks in early July.

Planetary Resources is now going for $2 million and has created new incentives to lure backers.

Prophecy Platinum says it will use funds for Wellgreen and Shakespeare projects.