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Gold price jumps after Fed eases QE fears

The gold price jumped more than 1% on Wednesday, erasing recent losses after news of an unexpected economic contraction in the US and a pledge by the Federal Reserve to continue its quantitative ...

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Rothschild-Bakrie mess makes London bourse look second-rate fit only for...

Bumi plc was created in 2010 when Nat Rothschild, descendant of the founder of the two-centuries old banking empire, used his family name to get high profile investors to back him in a deal to bring ...

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Polluters to face greater liability for offshore drilling spills

An oil spill at BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 has cost $40 billion to clean up. Canada currently limits corporate liability for offshore oil spills ...

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Swingplane Ventures Inc Outlines Extensive Mineralization with Depths of 450...

Jan. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - Swingplane Ventures, Inc. (OTC-BB: SWVI) (the "Company") is pleased to announce a NI43-101 report and outlines extensive mineralization. Swingplane Venture, ...

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Golden Predator Silver Predator and Redtail Metals Sign Exploration Agreement...

Canada Corp., Redtail Metals Corp. (TSX.V:RTZ) and Silver Predator Corp. (TSX:SPD) announced today that they have signed an Exploration Agreement with respect to activities within the traditional ...

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White Tiger Announces Savkino Phase 2 Update

Jan. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - White Tiger Gold Ltd. ("White Tiger" or the "Company") (TSX: WTG) today announced that it has installed a new power line and commissioned a new crushing and ...

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News Summary Stocks lose shine shiny metals rise

GOING FOR GOLD: Prices for gold and silver rose on Wednesday, including a 3 percent jump in silver, as stocks fell. IT'S THE ECONOMY: The government said the economy shrank slightly in the ...

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Padbury Mining Limited Quarterly Activities Report

Padbury Mining Limited (ASX:PDY) is pleased to present its quarterly activities report ended 31 December 2012.IMPLEMENTATION OF PADBURY AND AURIUM MERGERPadbury is pleased to announce that its merger ...

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Mining tycoon becomes first African billionaire to pledge half his wealth to...

Patrice Motsepe, a mining tycoon from South Africa, attends a session at the World Economic Forum in 2009. Mr. Motsepe announced on Jan. 30, 2013, that he has joined Giving Pledge, a campaign by ...

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China to introduce gold ETFs

China's securities regulator published provisional rules for the operation of gold exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, on Friday, paving the way for introducing such business into the country's ...

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Wisconsin Gogebic Taconite continues to play role in drafting mining bill

Gogebic Taconite, which had an initial hand in writing a controversial mining bill now before Wisconsin legislators, continues to play a key role in writing the latest draft of the bill. Drafting ...

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Siberian family found by Soviet mining team after four decades of total...

A remarkable saga of survival in the remote Siberian wilderness has recently resurfaced, concerning the discovery by Soviet mining scientists of a family who had spent four decades of their lives in ...

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Chinalco Mining tumbles on debut

(50 mins ago) Chinalco Mining Corp International (3668), a unit of Aluminum Corp of China, slumped more than 11.4 percent today on its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The company, the ...

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U.S. Silver Gold announces 2012 production totals 2013 guidance and...

Jan. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - U.S. Silver & Gold Inc. ("U.S. Silver & Gold" or the "Company") (TSX: USA) (OTCQX: USGIF) today announced production for 2012, production guidance ...

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Veris Gold Corp. Announces Re-Pricing of Warrants

Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6A) ("VG" or the "Company"), announces today that Whitebox Advisors LLC ("Whitebox") has exercised its option to amend the exercise price ...

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USS Midway fires staffers over metals

Fourteen employees of the USS Midway Museum engineering department have been fired after officials discovered metals from the historic aircraft carrier were being sold off and proceeds not returned ...

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ICAC hears of Obeid access to mining company list

THE son of ALP powerbroker Eddie Obeid has admitted that the former resources minister Ian Macdonald provided him with a list of mining companies which included the name of a company which went on to ...

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China mining firm falls on Hong Kong trading debut

AFP © <p>A trader (C) walks the floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 12, 2012. China's Chinalco Mining Corporation fell more than 11 percent on its Hong Kong trading debut ...

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Imported iron ore stockpiles fall

Stockpiles of iron ore slid at 25 major Chinese ports during the week ending Jan. 14, according to Xinhua's latest iron ore price report, released on Tuesday. Inventories of imported iron ore ...

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Game Commission to benefit from drilling leases royalties

The state Game Commission will get one-time payments totaling nearly $5 million in addition to royalties from the sale of oil and gas extracted from game lands in Washington, Lawrence and Greene ...

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