Hudson completes exploration at Greenland niobium project

Chile's environmental regulator has drawn up nine charges against the copper mine for mismanaging water resources and nearby flora.

The red metal closed Thursday at $2.1220 per pound.

The company was issued a shutdown notice for its Lace project in South Africa's Free State province.

Experts say Ghana's government is unlikely to do anything before the upcoming presidential election on Dec. 7 for fear of losing votes.

The company produced 49,874 ounces of gold in the nine months to September, or 7.8% less than in the same quarter last year. It also cut its 2016 production target.

It does not really matter who wins the election — gold is poised for over a 325% gain in the years ahead because of the mess that both political parties and the Federal Reserve have created in the past.

Investors have seen a rise in the market capitalization of top junior mining companies on the TSX Venture Exchange by more than 100% compared to last year.

South Africa has granted the miner, a unit of Anglo American, previously disputed mining rights at the operation, ending a seven-year dispute.

Total production for Q3 was 36,496 gold equivalent ounces using gold to silver ratio of 75:1.