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One miner dies after being trapped in South African gold mine

Mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said five of 13 miners trapped underground in a South African gold mine were rescued but one of the five had died. Thirteen miners were trapped underground at the company’s Masakhane mine west of Johannesburg earlier on Thursday after an earthquake that measured 2.2 caused a cave-in. Sibanye-Stillwater said two employees were […]

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Developer increases gold resources at project with ‘district size potential’

Source: Streetwise Reports 05/02/2018 Eric Zaunscherb, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, reviewed the updated resource at this company’s Newfoundland asset. A May 1 research note from Canaccord Genuity reported that Marathon Gold Corp. (MOZ:TSX; MGDPF:OTC.MKTS ) released an updated resource on its Valentine Lake gold project in Newfoundland. “The overall resource was increased to 2,137,400

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4 big reasons why you might want to consider gold stocks right now

The price of gold has been feeling the pressure lately from a stronger U.S. dollar, which is at a four-month high, and rising Treasury yields. Nevertheless, the yellow metal eked out a positive March quarter, returning close to 1.3 percent, while the S&P 500 Index posted its first negative quarter since 2015. This tells me

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