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A worker holds a mattock at Greystar Resources' 10-million-oz. Angostura gold property near Bucaramanga, in Santander department, Colombia.

Going for gold in Colombia

Santiago, Chile — Gold exploration in Colombia will top US$30 million this year as the country shapes up to be a key prospect over the next decade for miners looking to this forgotten part of the wor…


The first gold pour at Teck Cominco and Sumitomo's Pogo gold mine near Fairbanks, Alaska. Pogo is expected to produce 400,000 to 500,000 oz. gold per year for at least a decade, with an average operating cost of US$140 per oz.

A tale of three Alaskan mines

Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska is twice the size of Texas, occupies one-fifth of the land mass of the United States, and has a population of 627,000 — roughly one person per square mile — and almost ha…


Drilling at Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama gold project in the Andes.

Barrick’s rocky road to El Dorado

Santiago, Chile — It looks increasingly likely that Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) will be able to build its controversial Pascua-Lama mine high in the Andes mountains, but the project’…


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