gold - Page 2

China reportedly began a large-scale mining operation along its disputed border with northeastern India this month that may renew tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, less than a month after the top leaders from both nation’s discussed peace.

Tribal leaders near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border claim Taliban terrorists are mining gold in Afghanistan with the help of Pakistani engineers, an allegation that the jihadist group and the local government deny.

Indian customs officials stopped 29 passengers for trafficking gold in their rectums Sunday at an airport in southern India.

California’s unusually wet winter may trigger a new gold rush, as floodwaters shake loose old mineral deposits from mines, riverbeds and dams.

A man discovered $3.7 million worth of gold in a house he inherited from a deceased relative in France, KSTU reported.

Contents: Mongolia in economic crisis asks the IMF for a bailout; Mongolia signs new mining deal with Rio Tinto for future growth

The Weinstein Co. unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming film Gold this week. Gold stars Matthew McConaughey as prospector Kenny Wells, who stumbles upon the world’s biggest gold mine in Indonesia. From the looks of the trailer, McConaughey was

With global uncertainty on the rise, and a potential dollar crisis, a well known silver mining CEO has launched a new resource acquisition company.

At the Jackson Hole Economic Summit the American Principles Project demonstrated that the people can’t be fooled in the long term by monetary magic forever. In a national poll by McLaughlin & McLaughlin 1,000 respondents were asked if they would support the Gold Standard in the United States. 39% replied yes, 15% replied no, and 46% were undecided. That is more than a 2:1 ratio for favorability.

These results and the margin between approve and disapprove are better than recent polls on the Federal Reserve or its recent leaders as shown in recent Gallup polls over the last two years: Negative on the Fed and its leaders are very high, while negatives on Gold are very low.

From its founding until the beginning of the 20th century, the United States went from a non-economy to being the world’s largest and wealthiest economy. It achieved this feat on the gold standard mostly, with no central bank, (except for 36 years), and with little or no central planning.

Jackson Hole — This town in Wyoming just hosted three economic events: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual Jackson Hole retreat and two others to respond to the Fed’s mismanagement the economy: the Fed Up group, demonstrating against increasing interest rates, and the American Principles Project (APP).

Two men claim to have found a train laden with Nazi gold and gems which has been the subject of rumours and myth for decades. The duo have hired a lawyer and are asking for 10 per cent of the value

Contents: Turkey’s warplanes bomb ISIS and PKK strongholds in Syria; Commodities and world trade plunge, signaling stock market decline; China’s stock market partially ‘recovers’ after destruction

Three masked thieves rammed an SUV into the glass doors of the Wells Fargo History Museum in San Francisco, California Tuesday, holding a guard at gunpoint while they pilfered gold artifacts. Leaving the SUV behind, the smash and grabbers hopped into a getaway sedan and off into the night.

King Midas lusted after it. The Incas worshipped it. Shiny flakes of it set off a 19th-century rush to California and ship captains never stop looking for it at the bottom of the sea. While gold has ignited passions for centuries, for today’s investors, it seems, the metal has been losing its allure.