Investors applaud Yamana Gold’s Q4 results

Quadra FNX Mining (TSX:QUX) has updated the resource at its Victoria Mine in Ontario, Canada.

The Calagary Herald tracked down Shane McClure, a gemologist, for his opinion of the world's largest emerald that is being auctioned in Kelowna this month, and McClure is wondering if the emerald is actually dyed beryl, a mineral that is relatively worthless.

Caving to pressure from environmental groups, the Obama administration on Wednesday rejected the $7 billion-plus Keystone XL pipeline which would have carried 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the Alberta oil sands to refineries along the US Gulf coast. The lack of pipelines like Keystone has meant that Canadian crude sells for much cheaper than global oil – on Wednesday the discount widened to over $30.

The U.S. State Department is set to announce Wednesday whether it will approve TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline extension, U.S. media are […]

CB Gold was up 4.24% to $1.23 a share on Wednesday after announcing drilling results at its Vetas Gold project in Colombia.

Gold Reach Resources (CVE:GRV) enjoyed a 15% lift in its stock price today on news that it has quadrupled its resource estimate at the company's Ootsa Lake property in British Columbia, about 120 kilometres south of Smithers.

Western Star Auction, based in British Columbia, will be auctioning the world's largest cut emerald on Jan. 28.

Kinross Gold (K.TO) erased 19.46% of its value, with shares dropping to $10.65 a share on Tuesday, after it disclosed that it will take ". . . a material non-cash accounting charge, primarily relating to the goodwill recorded for the Tasiast mine in connection with the 2010 Red Back acquisition."

After a rough 2011, uranium companies started January looking up.