Gold Fields deciding Ghana’s mine fate, as bullion prices dive

Canadian explorer Mariana Resources (LON:MARL, TSX:MRY) said the latest set of drilling results from the Calandria Sur deposit in Argentina were “good” with 13 of 21 holes returning “significant intersections” of gold and silver.

Canada’s Labrador Iron Mines (TSX:LIM) said it had cut its capital expenditure (capex) budget as a result of iron-ore prices falling sharply during August.

The company says it expects construction costs to be about $158 million for the project and that commercial production will begin in the second half of 2014.

The new kid on Canadian Arctic block is announcing plans to build two mines in Nunavut in the next six years.

Gunmen in the southern Philippines ambushed a tribal chieftain who was campaigning against mining and destruction of forests, killing his 11-year-old son in the latest of several attacks on environmental activists, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Malaysia's Atomic Energy Licensing Board granted a temporary licence for an initial two-year period under strict safety requirements.

Gina Rinehart has raised the ire of the Australian public again with a ten minute Youtube speech on the shortcomings of the country's economy which has triggered ad hominem attacks from leading political figures.

Rick Rule of Sprott Asset Management says quantitative easing by the EU and US central banks is all but inevitable in the short term.

A senior Republican policy adviser writes that the GOP considered and rejected a return to a gold standard over three decades ago.