October 7, 2012

The Northern Gateway is not going to happen: Globe and Mail

There are just too many obstacles lined up against it.

October 5, 2012

BCM Resources Corporation arranges shares for debt

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 5, 2012) - BCM Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:B) the "Company" announces that it has arranged to settle the outstanding debt owed to certain arms-length service…

October 5, 2012

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. announces new name and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX: YNG)(OTCBB: YNGFF)(Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the name Veris Gold Corp. and the symbol VG at start of…

October 5, 2012

New mining rules coming up for Canada’s northern Ontario already igniting debate

A new set of regulations for prospectors and mining companies working claims in Northern Ontario, Canada, which goes into effect Nov. 1, is already stirring some controversy as First Nations…

October 4, 2012

Hellix Athabasca gold project update

Hellix has received results on its soil sampling program, initiated after several areas of elevated gold-in-soil geochemistry were found in 2011.

October 3, 2012

Protest against Centerra Gold in Kyrgyzstan turns violent

Demonstrators clashed with police and tried breaking into a building housing the parliament and government offices in Kyrgyzstan's capital Wednesday, as they demanded the nationalization of the Kumtor gold mine,…

October 3, 2012

Silver Sun to Begin Milling Material from Cherry Hill Gold Mine

The company has begun to truck 1,000 tons of mineralized material to Grants Pass, Oregon for immediate processing at the Merlin contract mill.

October 3, 2012

Northair significantly increases land position at La Cigarra silver project, Mexico

The new concessions increase the original size of the La Cigarra silver property by over 100 times from 306 hectares to 32,064 hectares, consolidating a large land package over a…

October 3, 2012

West Melville completes 2012 exploration program at the Fraser Bay project, Nunavut

The objectives of the program were to complete extensive channel sampling aimed at evaluating the direct ship ore potential of the project and to establish longer term project infrastructure.

October 3, 2012

Do western central banks have any gold left?

Somewhere deep in the bowels of the world’s Western central banks lie vaults holding gargantuan piles of physical gold bars… or at least that’s what they all claim.