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As more cracks in the Eurozone emerge, investors buy more sovereign debt instead of gold.

| 24.04.2012

It seems that investors have shrugged off the latest developments around the world, in particular the Eurozone and are looking for direction from the US Federal Reserve.

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Nova Scotia government to decide between gold mine or Christmas tree farm

| 24.04.2012

Nova Scotia’s natural resources minister Cleve Higgins will have to decide soon whether an Australian mining conglomerate or a Christmas-tree family farm has the rights over eight-hectares of land in Moose River, near Middle Musquodoboit.

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Freegold Intersects 1.57 g/t Gold over 30.8 metres Golden Summit Project, Alaska

VANCOUVER, April 24, 2012 /CNW/ – Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: FVL, Frankfurt: FR4N) (“Freegold”) is pleased to report the results from its ongoing drill program on

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Kaminak discovers new gold zones as Yukon drilling campaign begins

| 24.04.2012

There was good news for Kaminak at the drillbit as it cut gold mineralization in new gold zones in the Yukon.

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Detour Gold Reaches 60% Construction Completion at Detour Lake

Detour Gold Corporation (DGC.TO – News) (“Detour Gold” or the “Company”) reports on the construction progress of its 100% owned Detour Lake open pit gold mine in northeastern Ontario. 

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Manitou Gold consolidates past producing mines in Goldrock area

This acquisition marks the first time that all three of these highly prospective properties located within the historical Goldrock mining camp have been consolidated under a single operator.

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Broacast live today: How James Cameron’s company will mine asteroids

| 24.04.2012

Google’s billionaire co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron will officially announce today plans to mine asteroids. The company’s presentation will be broadcast live today at 1:30 p.m. ET.

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Peregrine Diamonds discovers Third Kimberlite in the Northwest Territories, Canada

| 24.04.2012

Canadian Peregrine Diamonds (TSX:PGD) announced today it has discovered a third kimberlite during its winter drill program in the Lac de Gras region, Canada, one of the most prolific diamond districts in the world since kimberlite was first discovered there in 1991.

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Lucara’s Botswana mine yields first diamonds

| 24.04.2012

Lucara’s Karowe diamond mine in Botswana has yielded its first precious stones.

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The Grains Review For The Week Of April 23, 2012

Coming back from the weekend markets have a calmer opening as compared with Friday’s explosion to the upside in beans. The explosion, as I put out on Twitter, was completely based on rumors of fresh Chinese demand for beans off the PNW. Though we hav…

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