Oakland Resources (ASX: OKL) has released its Quarterly Report for the period ending June 2011 showing significant gold mineralisation intersected in shallow RC drilling at Spion Kop Prospect.

Simon Youds appointed as Chief Executive Officer.Mr Youds is currently Managing Director Australia of unlisted, manganese and chromite producer, Consolidated Minerals Limited.

There's one question that I've been seeing over and over for the last several weeks as the price of gold has taken out its all-time highs and continued a nearly uninterrupted ascent: Should I buy gold now?

Major miner Xstrata is making an agreed $153 million bid for Canada's First Coal Corporation which owns coking coal exploration leases in British Columbia Miner Xstrata has made an all-cash bid for privately held Canadian miner First Coal Corporation, it

Coal India, which is keen to acquire coal mines abroad, has finished its initial negotiations with Indonesia's Golden Energy Mines and is awaiting the Indian government's nod for a $1 billion buy. The world's largest coal miner, Coal India, is seeking

London copper futures rose for a second day on Wednesday as supply worries brought on by an extended strike at the world's largest copper mine countered concerns over protracted talks in the United States to lift its debt limit. But the thin trading volumes in Asian hours and modest gains suggest investors were far from aggressive in pushing up copper prices, now trading just around 3 percent away from historic highs, given a shaky outlook for global demand. Satellite image of Escondida Mine in Chile

While commodities ETFs - led by precious metals funds like the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) - are hot, currency ETFs are even hotter. Flows into 38 U.S.-listed currency ETFs this year stood at $2.2 billion through last week, according to a new review of fund flows by ConvergEx Group.

UK-based West African gold miner, Avocet Mining says it has bought back 20% of its gold hedgebook to take advantage of anticipated higher gold prices. West African-focused Avocet Mining said it bought back 20 percent of its gold hedge book to give it

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited said that following wage negotiations with the trade unions (National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity and UASA) a deadlock was declared yesterday.

The Inmet Mining Board of Directors has approved the development of the Cobre Panama copper-gold-molybdenum project in Panama. As a result of the development decision Monday, LS-Niko Copper subsidiary, Korea Panama Mining Corp. (KPMC) has to decide whether to exercise its option to acquire a 20% interest in Minera Panama within 60 days. Image of the Cobre Panama copper project by Inmet Mining

According to the Australian coal miner, FY 2011 underlying net profits, before significant items are likely to come in at A$70m, boosted by a strong output performance in the June quarter Australia's Whitehaven Coal reported a 48 percent rise in equity

About Gold One: Gold One is a gold producer listed on the financial markets operated by the ASX Limited and the JSE Limited, issuer code GDO. Its flagship operation is the newly built shallow Modder East mine on the East Rand, some 30 km from