Barrick’s fourth CFO in five years may be what shareholders were waiting for
Most shareholders hope that Catherine Raw persuades management to stop prizing output over profitability and, instead, place more emphasis on investors’ returns.
Some shareholders have sued Hecla Mining Co. for stock losses they endured after the federal government shut down the Lucky Friday Mine for safety violations.
Scotgold Resources announced Tuesday it expects to receive a mining lease from the Crown for the Cononish gold and silver project, the only one of its kind in the UK, in May this year. Production could start early in 2013.
WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE Amex:PZG)(TSX:PZG)(FRANKFURT:P6G)(WKN:A0HGKQ) ("Paramount") today reported new assay results from ongoing core drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in Mexico. The reported drill holes come from the high-grade gold and silver deposits of Don Ese North and La Union.
Osisko Mining on Monday said the company's Famatina project in La Rioja, Argentina, remains stalled almost a month after protesters began blockading the site and marched on the governor's office and in the capital Buenos Aires, sending its stock down 3%
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RK) ("Rockhaven") is pleased to announce the final 2011 diamond drill results from the Klaza zone gold-silver discovery at its wholly-owned, road accessible Klaza property located in the Dawson Gold Belt of southern Yukon.
Photographer Martin Foskett spliced together a video of mining equipment accidents. Apart from the maudlin and rather depressing soundtrack, the video makes for an interesting diversion and a reminder that when thing go wrong with mining equipment, they really go wrong.
Tiny Oman, the Sultanate perched on the southeast tip of the Arabian peninsula, is setting up for a quantum leap in mining, the Oman Daily Observer reports in an article published Saturday.
With revenues of $60 billion last year and operations at the ends of the earth, few companies are in a better position to take the pulse of the global economy and the resource sector than Caterpillar.
But what is it saying about the outlook for 2012?