How to build a mine

Juniors usually raise cash to keep their operations going by issuing new shares.

The “Jade Rabbit,” China's first lunar rover, is equipped with a round-penetrating radar to measure the Moon's soil and crust.

For a free market to be successful, capital must be able to flow to new ideas and endeavours.

Over the past decade, the number of disputes that have resulted in international arbitration has increased tenfold for the oil and gas sector and fourfold for the mining industry. And these conflicts will only escalate.

Micro-cap Zadar Ventures jumped 18% on Wednesday in heavy volumes bringing its gains for November to 57% as it continues to pick up properties in western Canada.

But based on the large numbers of juniors to begin 2014 with no funding, experts say the level of drilling activity could be the lowest in years.

Wealth has flowed to few individuals, a CFMEU claims.

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"For the first time in a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program and key parts of the program will be rolled back."