Gold

Pan American Silver is warning its shareholders that if the reform of mining law in Argentina's Chubut Province is approved, the company will have to declare its Navidad Project "uneconomic."

Hard to believe, but an American president's road to the White House actually began in Perth, Australia, working as a young and saavy mining engineer.

Massive trading volumes on Wednesday saw Barkerville Gold stock give up 25% over two days after some exploration analysts raised doubts about the 10 million ounces of contained gold at its Cow Mountain project in British Columbia first announced on Friday.

On Wednesday, a day after after all three major global ratings agencies – Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's – placed South Africa's credit rating on negative outlook, home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the latest senior figure in the ruling ANC party to join a growing chorus calling for state control of mining.

At least three people were killed and 20 injured in northern Peru yesterday after a clash between police and protesters opposed to the $5 billion Conga gold mine planned by Newmont Mining in the northern region of Cajamarca.

In a report published this week, the Government of New South Wales concluded that women are underrepresented in the high paying industries of mining and construction and increasing their involvement is still a big challenge.

The world's largest gold company, Barrick Gold, suffered a major setback Tuesday as the Argentine National Supreme Court reversed preliminary injunctions on glacier protection law, now back in full force for all mining companies.

The Canadian Press is reporting that Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) was handed a setback by Argentina's supreme court, which brought back some glacier protection laws that the mining giant had until now sidestepped.

Jim Sinclair, the man who called for $1,650 gold in 2001, writes that the recent events in England was the last chain holding back gold, and now bullion is heading higher, way higher.