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Gold's nearly $100 jump early on and copper's 4.5% meltdown split mining investors' Brexit fortunes.

The silver miner says Ottawa needs to press Mexican authorities to ensure Canadian investors are treated fairly.

Elevated demand has translated into a 150% increase in revenue for Britain's official producer of gold and silver coins and bars.

Rumours follow Rio's decision to group its least loved units — coal, uranium salt, borates and its Iron Ore Co. of Canada — under a new umbrella branded as the “energy and minerals” business.

Silver is generally known for its use in coins, silverware and of course jewellery. However, today these account for less than 50% of all silver consumption.

Andrew Harding, once tipped as the most likely person to take the company’s reins, is being replaced by Chris Salisbury, currently leading the copper and coal division.

The higher gold prices go the more consumers will step down to silver, more so if they think silver’s price will rise substantially.

With construction expected to start in 2018, the US$669-million Fruta del Norte project could finally begin production before the end of the decade.

Investors in physically-backed gold ETFs who kept buying all through May as futures speculators dumped positions were vindicated on Thursday.