Exchange Moves to Protect Investors from Mining Scams

March 1999 by Associated Press

Exchange Moves to Protect Investors from Mining Scams

March 1999
Two years after the Bre-X gold mine scandal, the Toronto Stock Exchange proposed dozens of measures February 2 to protect investors from future mining-industry scams.

Romancing the Rock

July 2013
With the exception of well-established operators with proven reserves and years of field experience, the high price of gold brought a flood of speculators, con men, and real estate brokers into the mix who were not previously engaged in the gold mining market.

Carissa Gold Mine Comes Back to Life

September 2013
The mine will be open for public tours Saturday and Sunday afternoons beginning August 24, lasting into the fall and winter as weather permits.

Beginner's Luck

July 2010
Their first cleanup total was more gold than they had ever found. These guys were deliriously overjoyed with their good fortune.

Idaho-Maryland Mine—History Restarted

August 2003
It was late October 1850, and, as the story goes, George McKnight was rushing along trying to round up his cows when he stumbled. He was not a happy man as he kicked the fist-sized rock in disgust. The disgust changed quickly to interest...

Epithermal Gold-Quartz Veins

January 2004
The great mining geologist Waldemar Lindgren used the word “epithermal” to describe a type of quartz vein commonly found in desert regions of the United States and Mexico.

Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits

June 2010
Here we examine where and why placers are found in glaciated landscapes from the Ice Ages.

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