Amnesty International is calling on the Philippine government to investigate the killing of Jordan Manda, the 11-year-old son of Timuay Lucenio Manda, a Subanen tribal chief in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur province on Mindanao Island.
Aurico Gold — René Marion to resigned as president, CEO and a director in Sept. for health reasons; Scott Perry appointed president and CEO; Colin Benner appointed executive chairman.AuRo Resources — John Gomez appointed CEO,…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index went into the Labour Day weekend on a downturn as it shed 148 points to 11,949.26 for the period.
The mid-August rebound of the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index came to a halt as four days of losses pulled the index down 11.14 points to 1,240.74. Volume was in-line with recent weeks at an average of 71.4 million shares traded daily,…
With three gold operations in China, Vancouver-based producer Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) has established a strong track record in a mining jurisdiction that offers a variety of challenges for international developers. Eldorado expects its…
The Vancouver area is well known as a hub for mining expertise and head offices, but much less so as a suitable location for an active field office. But for New Carolin Gold (LAD-V) — with its eponymous Carolin mine project sitting 160 km…
With the Mongolian economy growing at one of the fastest rates in the world, and China eyeing its neighbour as a potential long-term power source, Vancouver-based Prophecy Coal (PCY-T) is optimistic about its prospects for a power-purchase…
Medusa Mining’s (MML-L) vein system at its Co-O underground gold mine in the Philippines — which remains open at depth, in all directions — produced 15,557 oz. gold in the quarter ended June 30 at cash costs of US$283 per oz….
Hopes of further liquidity injections from the U.S. Federal Reserve following a speech on Aug. 31 by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent gold prices higher and helped stem losses on U.S. equity markets. Bernanke’s remarks that the central bank is…
Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N), formerly known as Ivanhoe Mines, says the first construction phase at its sizeable 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert is wrapping up, with initial production…
Newcrest Mining (NM-T) has reopened its Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after briefly suspending operations, just as it outlines the potential of Golpu, another major PNG project.On Aug. 28 the gold miner — Australia’s…
Three years ago the area around Banro’s (BAA-T, BAA-N) Twangiza gold deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had no passable roads, power, workable infrastructure or skilled mining labour. Today, the Twangiza oxide mine near the…
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