Brazil’s 2016 Olympic medal has barely any gold on it

Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS)(OTCQX:NUSMF)(AIM:NUS) said Monday that despite several meetings with Papua New Guinea's government representatives in the last two weeks, the company is still battling authorities in regards to its obligation to complete the agreement reached in March last year for Nautilus Solwara 1 copper project.

"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."

The three losing bids were all from the US and the deal marks a decisive shift in the commodities trading business away from Chicago and London to Asia.

John Macken, who recently gave up being president of Ivanhoe Mines, was BC’s top paid executive and brought home a total $23.358 million […]

In the early days of this bull market in precious metals we all did well as most mining stocks sprang to life and made considerable gains.

Illegality in the mining sector has deprived state governments of badly needed revenues, threatened the industry with costly and unpredictable shutdowns, and generated political chaos that helped bring down two state governments in 2011 and 2012.

Shares in Gabriel Resources were hammered again over the latest Rosia Montana shambles, dropping 6.9% on Thursday. Its losses for the week now top 15% and it also received the dubious honour of being included in the S&P TSX grouping of most volatile stocks.

Located in Northwestern Nevada, along the southern edge of the Humboldt Range, lies the Relief Canyon Mine. Situated 110 miles northeast of Reno and 16 miles east / northeast of Pershing County’s Lovelock, the gold mine lies dormant.

A hedging u-turn is in the making.