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Sirius to raise 50M for U.K. potash project
London, U.K. — In northern England, the rolling hills and purple heather of the North Yorkshire Moors are more associated with tourism these days than with the area’s long-shut iron ore mines and blast furnaces. Where mining and industrial…
Alacer celebrates a year with stellar results
Roughly a year after it was forged out of the merger of Anatolia Minerals and Avoca Resources, Alacer Gold (ASR-T) showed the market that its operations are humming along, and that its aggressive exploration program could be set to pay near…
Gold to hit US$2,000 before ending decade-long rally in 2013: GFMS
London, U.K. – A report by Thomson Reuters and metals analyst firm GFMS predicts the price of gold will rally to all-time highs in late 2012 before reaching the closing stages of its decade-long bull run sometime in 2013.
New royalties rattle Gabriel investors
Investors in Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) were hit by post-holiday blues after the Romanian government announced that it would be doubling royalties on gold production in the country.
Scotgold’s Cononish ages nicely in the barrel
Tyndrum, a tiny village of around 160 people in Scotland’s Grampian Highlands, sits at the northern edge of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park on the side of a highway.
Welsh gold: The ‘rarest gold in the world’
If you’re ever looking for expensive gold jewellery – not just any old gold jewellery, mind you, but with gold of such fine quality and such rarity as befits a royal family – you might want to consider having it made of Welsh gold.
Gold-Ore and Astur Gold to merge
Vancouver-based juniors Gold-Ore Resources (GOZ-T) and Astur Gold (AST-V) are joining forces to form a single, European-focused company with a producing gold mine and another gold project with upside.
Lundin completes Semblana resource
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) discovered the Semblana copper deposit adjacent to its Neves-Corvo mine in Southern Portugal in September last year, and describes it on its website as the “first new massive-sulphide deposit discovery at Neves-Corvo in…
Eldorado’s big fat offer for European Goldfields
Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-N) proposed acquisition of European Goldfields (EGU-T, EGU-L) will enable increased gold production from 650,000 oz. in 2011 to over 1.4 million oz. by 2014 – or a rate of 30% on an annualized basis – the company’s…
New royalties scare Gabriel investors
Investors in Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) were hit by post-Christmas sticker shock after the government of Romania announced that it would be doubling royalties on gold production in the country.
ScotGold’s Cononish ages nicely in the barrel
Tyndrum, a tiny village of around 160 people in Scotland’s Grampian Highlands, sits at the northern edge of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park on the side of a highway.