June 4, 2014

Romania deals major blow to Gabriel Resources gold mine: on hold indefinitely

The lower house of parliament rejected bill that would have allowed the firm to proceed with its Rosia Montana project.

June 4, 2014

Credit card made of solid gold issued in Europe’s Isle of Man

The 14-carat gold credit card is the world’s first backed by the precious metal itself.

June 3, 2014

Finally, good news for mining in Peru: Ricardo Carrión and Alberto Arispe

Ricardo Carrión and Alberto Arispe of Peru-based Kallpa Securities have a boots-on-the-ground view of the politics, legal battles and investment climate for precious metals mining in the Andes.

June 2, 2014

Connecting the dots

In this month’s Markets at a Glance, we present a collection of thoughts on why we think precious metals are a compelling investment now.

June 2, 2014

From Constantinople to Istanbul, Turkey has never been better

Every time he travels to Turkey, portfolio manager of our Emerging Europe Fund (EUROX), Tim Steinle, says the country continues to develop.

June 2, 2014

Philippines eyes $1bn revenues from proposed new mining law

The new revenue-sharing scheme would see the government taking 55% of the industry's net revenues or 10% of gross revenue, whichever is higher.

June 2, 2014

UN urges talks following violent Guatemala mining protest

A local resistance movement has been trying to stop development of El Tambor gold mine.

June 1, 2014

A golden fall

Gold is in serious trouble and not something I’ll be looking to trade for some time, perhaps even many years as its bull market may be done now.

June 1, 2014

Precious metals moving closer to bottom

Though precious metals are rallying on the day we penn this, we expect more downside before a final bottom or at least […]

May 30, 2014

Kinross Gold allegedly trying to recover Ecuador mine losses

The government may renew Kinross’s rights to the concession, or at least could remove legal hurdles to the prospective sale of Fruta del Norte gold-silver project.