Mining Articles

Pure Gold Mining : Intersects 28.2 GT Gold Over 7.0 Metres at Madsen

Sun Apr 22 06:07:29 2018 / Staff reporter

VANCOUVER - Pure Gold Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that underground drilling continues to reinforce the current resource and expand the mineralized zones at its 100% owned Madsen Gold Project... | avril 16,2018Read full newsRead More

Forest officials want volunteers to help crack down on gold panning in San Gabriel Mountains

Sun Apr 22 05:02:08 2018 / Staff reporter

You're not supposed to pan for gold in the San Gabriel River - but that hasn't stopped people. Now there's a plan to crack down on it.Read full newsRead More

Environmental review for mine project expected next week

Sun Apr 22 05:02:05 2018 / Staff reporter

The Army Corps of Engineers is expecting to release its environmental review next week for the proposed Donlin Gold mine in western Alaska.Read full newsRead More

Gold miner Caledonia plans Zimbabwe expansion

Sun Apr 22 05:02:02 2018 / Staff reporter

Caledonia Mining plans to buy gold assets in Zimbabwe and increase its stake in the Blanket mine after the removal of the country's tough ownership rules.Read full newsRead More

Army Corps to publish final Donlin mine environmental review April 27

Sun Apr 22 05:02:00 2018 / Staff reporter

The project is for a conventional open-pit mine 1.5 miles across and up to 1,200 feet deep about 10 miles north of the village of Crooked Creek in the Upper Kuskokwim River drainage.Read full newsRead More

Thai court acquits northeastern gold mine protesters

Sun Apr 22 05:01:58 2018 / Staff reporter

A court in Thailand found seven environmental activists not guilty Thursday of violating a law on public gatherings that imposes severe penalties for actions that disrupt public services. The activists, all women, in November 2016 blocked access to a meeting at a local government office in...Read full newsRead More

Thai court acquits northeastern gold mine protesters

Sun Apr 22 04:04:35 2018 / Staff reporter

A court in Thailand found seven environmental activists not guilty Thursday of violating a law on public gatherings that imposes severe penalties for actions that disrupt public services. The activists, all women, in November 2016 blocked access to a meeting at a local government office in...Read full newsRead More

Newtrax breaks through with Gold Fields Down Under

22 APRIL 2018 / Staff reporter

Canadian mining technology firm Newtrax Technologies has won a key sale to South Africa's Gold Fields at one of its main operations hubs in Australia.Staff reporter Gold Fields' Invincible mine on Lake Lefroy, near Kambalda in Western Australia. Image: Gold Fields22 APRIL 201822/04/2018commentsshareNewtrax is an emerging IoT technology leader in the niche underground hard rock mine market.It w...Read More

Diamond & Specialty Minerals Summary for April 20, 2018

April 22, 2018 / Will Purcell

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Friday was a positive 75-69-150. The TSX Venture Exchange rose two points to 804 while polished diamond prices rose 0.1 per cent. Ken MacNeill and George Read's Star Diamond Corp. (DIAM) traded a...Read More

Blue diamond ring breaks world record

Apr 22 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

A cut-cornered rectangular step-cut fancy intense blue diamond weighing 3.47 carats set a price-per-carat world record for a blue diamond after it sold for $1.9 million per carat to reach almost $6.7 million at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels Auction.The gem's final price nearly tripled Sotheby's pre-sale estimate of between $2 million and $2.5 million and pushed up the auction final results to $26.2...Read More

Deep-sea mining: scientists say collaboration is key

Apr 22 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Researchers from the University of California San Diego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are advocating for collaborations between academia and industry when it comes to finding a balance between exploiting mineral resources from the seabed and protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems.Matthew Alford, a physical oceanographer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the UC -San D...Read More

Caledonia wants to expand in Zimbabwe

Apr 22 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Investors are encouraging Africa-focused Caledonia Mining (TSE:CAL) to expand operations in Zimbabwe, given the new political climate in the southern country.Following the ousting of president Robert Mugabe, the new Emmerson Mnangagwa administration decided to knock out the rule that established that all mines had to be 51 per cent owned by Zimbabweans. Only diamond and platinum assets must comply...Read More

Proactive Weekly Oil and Gas highlights: Falcon Oil & Gas, SDX Energy, Echo Energy, Eland, United Oil & Gas

09:00 21 Apr 2018 / Proactive Investors

Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd (LON:FOG, CVE:FO) was the standout stock of the week thanks to a long awaited clearance for the group's Australian shale venture.It is now clear to get to work with its major shale discovery after the regional government lifted its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.The long awaited good news allows the junior oil and gas firm to end its 15-month hiatus and get back to wor...Read More

Proactive Weekly Mining Highlights: Wolf Minerals, Connemara Mining, KEFI Minerals, Sunrise Resources ...

08:00 21 Apr 2018 / Proactive Investors

Wolf Minerals Ltd (LON:WLFE) shares fell on Friday after the firm settled a dispute with GR Engineering over a contract for the Hemerdon tungsten and tin project.GR Engineering secured a contract with Wolf in 2013 for the engineering, procurement and construction of the project in Devon, south England.Wolf had claimed that GR Engineering failed to fix an issue with noise emissions and vi...Read More

Is Gold a Safe Investment?

Sat Apr 21 06:47:03 2018 / Staff reporter

The answer isn't as simple as you may think if you look at the big picture gold plays in the investing world.Read full newsRead More

With An ROE Of 4.85%, Has Highland Gold Mining Limited's (LON:HGM) Management Done Well?

Sat Apr 21 06:06:01 2018 / Staff reporter

Highland Gold Mining Limited's (AIM:HGM) most recent return on equity was a substandard 4.85% relative to its industry performance of 11.12% over the past year. An investor may attribute anRead More...Read full newsRead More

Thai court acquits northeastern gold mine protesters

Sat Apr 21 04:59:32 2018 / Staff reporter

A court in Thailand has found seven environmental activists not guilty of violating a law on public gatherings that imposes severe penalties for actions that disrupt public services.Read full newsRead More

With An ROE Of 4.85%, Has Highland Gold Mining Limited's (LON:HGM) Management Done Well?

Sat Apr 21 04:59:29 2018 / Staff reporter

Highland Gold Mining Limited's (AIM:HGM) most recent return on equity was a substandard 4.85% relative to its industry performance of 11.12% over the past year. An investor may attribute anRead More...Read full newsRead More

With An ROE Of 4.85%, Has Highland Gold Mining Limited's (LON:HGM) Management Done Well?

Sat Apr 21 04:01:41 2018 / Staff reporter

Highland Gold Mining Limited's (AIM:HGM) most recent return on equity was a substandard 4.85% relative to its industry performance of 11.12% over the past year. An investor may attribute anRead More...Read full newsRead More

From Fake Boom to Real Bust

April 21, 2018 / MN Gordon

Paradise in LA LA LandMore is revealed with each passing day. You can count on it. But what exactly the 'more is of' requires careful discrimination. Is the 'more' merely more noise? Or is it something of actual substance? Today we endeavor to pass judgment, on your behalf. Normally, judgment would be passed on a Thursday, but we are making an exception. [PT] For example, here in the l...Read More

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