Haiti’s government announced Friday that it has awarded permits for the first time in the country’s recent history to allow two companies to openly mine for gold and copper.
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There were some junior miners who managed to defy the market downdraft in 2012 and rise by more than 100% over that period.
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Golden Goliath Resources is looking forward to next year, in anticipation of the first ever diamond drilling program on the Nopalera property in Mexico, with hopes of uncovering a “company-building” gold deposit at the site.
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A lot of movement in a junior mining stock’s price is defined by an S-curve often attributed to Pierre Lassonde, a legend in the mining industry.
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Houses for the homeless, wireless Internet for remote villages, new computers for the local school, kite-sailing competitions, a centre for the disabled. These are a few of the things Barrick Gold has helped finance.
Barrick’s clean capitalism: Mixed results Read More »
Côte d’Ivoire’s parliament has approved a new tax on gold profits, a parliament official said on Friday, despite industry objections that the levy could stifle development of the country’s budding mining sector.
Côte d’Ivoire adds new tax on gold profits Read More »
Over the past few months, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been in the spotlight because an armed rebel group, M23, took control of the regional capital of Goma.
Conflict continues in resource rich Congo Read More »
Canada, a country with nearly 1,500 listed small-cap mining companies, is often seen as the heart of junior mineral exploration — so it’s important to keep one’s finger on the pulse there.
Small-cap miners struggling for capital Read More »
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and a new generation of drug gangs (known locally as “Bacrims”) are increasingly turning to gold mining to finance their terrorist acts.
Colombian rebels extort gold miners Read More »
Because of a law passed during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, the federal government does not collect royalties from gold, silver, copper and other minerals extracted from public land.
Bill would collect hard rock mine royalties Read More »
