Archive for August, 2008
GlobeStar Mining Update on Cerro de Maimon Project
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2008) - GlobeStar Mining Corp. (TSX:GMI) ("GlobeStar" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the recent commissioning and start-up activities at the Company's 100% owned Cerro de Maimon gold and copper project in the Dominican Republic. Commissioning of the major equipment for the 1300 [...]
Sultan Minerals to Trench Porphyry Copper-Gold Zone on Its Kena Property, BC
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2008) - Sultan Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SUL)(FRANKFURT:RZN) ("Sultan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it is commencing an excavator trenching program on its Kena Gold-Copper Property ("Kena Property"), located in southeast British Columbia. The program will investigate a large, [...]
U.S. Mint resumes gold coin orders on limited basis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Mint said it must allocate the American Eagle bullion coins among dealers to cope with overwhelming demand as it resumed taking orders for the popular coins on Monday. "The unprecedented demand for American Eagle gold one-ounce bullion coins necessitates our allocating these coins among the authorized purchasers on [...]
Gold Declines for Third Day as Dollar Strengthens; Silver Drops
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Gold declined in London for a third day as the dollar strengthened, diminishing demand for the metal as an alternative investment. Silver and platinum also fell. The dollar rose for a third session against the euro, extending its gain to 7 percent this month. Gold has fallen 11 percent in the period. Crude oil traded 24 [...]
Ricky Martin: Model Type
Ricky Martin, 29, was sighted keeping company at a recent music festival in San Remo, Italy, with Latvian model Ines Misan, according to newspaper stories in the singer's hometown of San Juan. Photos depicting the two holding hands in London accompanied the reports. "She's his friend at the moment," Nanette Lamboy, a spokeswoman for Martin's San [...]
Reserves of gold more important than before: Bundesbank
BERLIN: The Bundesbank has rejected calls that it should sell some of its gold reserves to help boost the slowing German economy, telling Reuters financial and political uncertainty make the reserves even more important than before. “Gold sales are not a suitable way to sustainably consolidate the public accounts,” the German central bank [...]
Gold demand picks up as prices stabilise
NEW DELHI-KOLKATA-CHENNAI: With gold prices remaining more or less stable at lower levels, the demand for the yellow metal in India, the world's largest gold market, has begun to pick up, traders said. "As the gold price has dipped, demand has increased in the domestic market," Pankaj Parekh, regional chairman of the Gem and Jewellery Export [...]
Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group’s DSS campaign achieves record sales
UAE. Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG) which ran the 'Glittering Surprises' campaign offering Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) shoppers fabulous chances to win gold and jewellery vouchers, announced record sales driven by strong demand and relatively lower prices of gold. "Dubai is still the best place to buy high quality and variety of [...]
