Ascot drills 8.00 metres of 22.68 grams per ton gold and 96.4 grams per ton silver at Premier
To date, in 2012, Ascot has completed 110 drill holes for a total of 23,735 metres.
To date, in 2012, Ascot has completed 110 drill holes for a total of 23,735 metres.
Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, incorporates his banking school background into his mining industry analysis.
The US is no longer the safest place in the world to invest, says Don Coxe, a strategic advisor to the BMO Financial Group.
Over $1 million has lost Bolivia so far due to the conflict over rights at the silver, tin and zinc mine that used to belong to commodity trader Glencore (LON:GLEN), but that President Evo Morales nationalized last June.
A group of protestors from anti-coal group Quit Coal have staged a dramatic protest in the Australian city of Melbourne today, abseiling down the front of the state parliament building and chaining themselves to its pillars.
While traders hold futures guys in high esteem, they are just as susceptible to groupthink as everyone else. They are actually a powerful contrary indicator for gold.
The SEC won’t require mining companies to disclose whether they mined tin and gold in African conflict countries, in a long-awaited ruling released this week. However, manufacturers will have to make such disclosures, and will likely require their suppliers, such as mining companies, to make the same disclosures.
Canada’s federal government opened a can of worms Wednesday after announcing that a national park, to be created in the North of the country, will be smaller to make room for mining endeavours.
The new rules compel U.S. companies to release whether they purchase particular metals that have helped fuel war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The lack of excitement haunting the precious metals and mining shares markets over the past year is expected to change in the next few months, says Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon.