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Summer shopping opportunities for mining equities abound

Equity valuations have so far failed to keep pace with rising bullion prices, but that makes for some outstanding investor opportunities among a few particularly well-positioned juniors that Rick Mills identifies as running ahead of the herd this summer.

The Gold Report | July 23, 2012 | 12:19 pm

Egypt’s gold miners stage sit-in, protest layoffs, demand increased wages

Approximately 1,500 workers staged an open-ended sit-in Sunday in the Red Sea gold mine of Sukari, objecting to the decision of the mine’s operating company, Centamin-Egypt, to lay off a number of mine workers.

Ahram Online | July 22, 2012 | 5:49 pm

Peru gold mine protests grow

Peru's Catholic Church intervened in reconciliation talks between the government of President Ollanta Humala and activists protesting the $5 billion Conga copper and gold mine project.

UPI | July 22, 2012 | 4:53 pm

Deadly downside to Nigeria gold rush: video

Al Jazeera is reporting that more than 400 children have died from lead poisoning in the past two years in the Zamfara State of Nigeria as a result of artisanal gold mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2012 | 11:48 am

Canadian Eco Oro to appeal Colombian court order

Gold and silver junior Eco Oro Minerals said it will to appeal a ruling by a Colombian court that ordered the Ministry of Mines and Energy to take action to “leave without effect resolution 3452", which is the company’s main mining title.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 21, 2012 | 9:02 pm

China’s Bosai Minerals Group ponders leaving Guyana due to hostility

Chinese producer of bauxite Bosai Minerals Group halted its operations in Guyana on Friday due to violent protests against the miner that left at least three deaths on Wednesday, said the President Donald Ramotar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2012 | 8:54 pm

Canadian Atlanta Gold forced to pay $2 million in fines

An Idaho court has ordered Canadian Atlanta Gold Corp (TSX:ATG) to pay a bulky $2 million fine for its continuing failure to stop arsenic and iron from flowing into a tributary of the Boise River system.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2012 | 6:46 pm

No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies

There is no end on sight to the mining boom in Australia, a country which mineral resources sector value is expected to reach $122.6 billion by 2016, growing at an annual average rate of 4.3%, reveals a study published Saturday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2012 | 4:54 pm

London 2012: And the 92.5% silver gold medal goes to…

Making the 2012 Olympic gold medal from pure gold would amount to $22,000 per medal at Friday's closing price of $1,585 an ounce. Event organizers baulked and opted for a mix of silver, a few grams of gold and copper for winning athletes.

Frik Els | July 21, 2012 | 12:20 am

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Summer shopping opportunities for mining equities abound

Egypt’s gold miners stage sit-in, protest layoffs, demand increased wages

Peru gold mine protests grow

Deadly downside to Nigeria gold rush: video

Canadian Eco Oro to appeal Colombian court order

China’s Bosai Minerals Group ponders leaving Guyana due to hostility

Canadian Atlanta Gold forced to pay $2 million in fines

No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies

London 2012: And the 92.5% silver gold medal goes to…

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