Canada investigating mysterious death of 30 herons at Syncrude oil sands

The declines wiped $1,744,800,000 from Batista's personal fortune in one day, which means he fared worse than Mark Zuckerberg who suffered more than $1.5 billion in losses as a result of the post Facebook IPO fiasco.

Greece's leaving just got real.

Spot gold dropped $30 to $1,538/oz during Wednesday morning trading due to worries about Greece exiting the euro.

After dreary drilling results last year, Canadian junior miner Endeavour Silver (TSX: EXK), announced exploration drilling at the San Sebastian property in Mexico has discovered a new high grade silver-gold mineralized zone in the Terronera vein.

The frantic legal battle between diversified miner Anglo American (LON:ALL) and its Chilean adversary Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, was put on hold as the parties announced they were entering into talks.

Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, called local mining companies to look at Latin America as a business destination, as the region was emerging as an important economic powerhouse, hungry for Australian investment.

Osisko stock was down another 3.7% today despite the positive news and has now lost 25% of its value since the fire at the Quebec mine was first reported on May 9th.

A report on how a Greek exit from the Eurozone may play out based on synthesized scenarios from 21 economists, analysts and academics.

The copper-uranium-gold-silver project has a 100 year mining life, so a glitch this year was unlikely to sway a company that thinks well ahead, the CEO of the Olympic Dam Taskforce said Tuesday.