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Mining stocks weaken

U.S. stock markets edged lower in the reporting period July 21-27, and for the most part mining equities — in both precious and base metals — edged along with them. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.6%, falling 63.93 points to 10,085.14…


The diamond district in downtown Antwerp, Belgium.

De Beers settles US cartel charges

Diamond producer De Beers has pleaded guilty to charges under American anti-trust laws in a settlement that may allow the company to resume business in the U.S.



Resource tabled for Boyongan

A resource estimate has been calculated for the Boyongan copper-gold deposit on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The deposit is part of the 250-sq.-km North project, owned equally by Philex Gold (PGI-T) and a…


The Pimenton camp in the High Andes, 135 km northeast of Santiago and close to the border with Argentina.

Pimenton catapults SAG&C to producer status

Santiago, Chile — Having recently ramped up to production, the Pimenton gold and copper mine in the High Andes of central Chile is bringing South American Gold & Copper Co. (SAG-T) a big step closer to its goal of becoming a si…


Rio Narcea CEO Alberto Lavandeira (right foreground, in checkered shirt) discusses the Salave project with analysts in front of one of two Roman-era open pits that exploited the deposit's mineralized oxide cap.

Rio Narcea sizes up Salave project

Tapia de Casariego, Spain — The Salave project, near the northern coast in Spain’s Asturias province, is western Europe’s largest undeveloped gold project, and Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) figures it is just the company to rem…



Photo by Viceroy Exploration -- A drill tests Viceroy Exploration's Gualcamayo gold project in the northern portion of Argentina's San Juan province.

Viceroy rolls the dice in Argentina

Vancouver — Northwestern Argentina is an emerging gold district relative to the prolific, more mature El Indio and Maricunga belts across the mountains in neighbouring Chile. Yet junior companies such as Viceroy Exploration (VY…


Miners shine in dull market

Both gold and base metal majors posted strong gains on U.S. equity markets in the report period May 19-25, even as the broader market moved sideways.




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