Niger: Rescuing a Child From a Gold Mine
AllAfrica.com - Child labor activist Aichatou Bety was deeply disturbed some years ago when she came across a 10-year-old boy down a 90-meter hole in Niger, wearing a headlamp and looking for gold. Last January, Bety was overjoyed to find upon her return that the

Rare Element Resources Ltd - Drilling Underway at Rare Element
Forbes - VANCOUVER, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rare Element Resources Ltd (TSX-V: RES) announces that the Sundance gold-exploration project 2007 drill program is underway at the Company’s Wyoming property. The Sundance project is a joint venture between

Gold hits one-week high, weak yen lifts Tokyo
Mining Weekly Online - Spot gold bounced back on Thursday, recovering from a three-month low on bargain hunting, while Tokyo futures rose by 1 percent, helped by a slide Cash gold fell further on Wednesday as the dollar wavered near an 11-week high against the euro

U.S. takes on Panama in Gold Cup quarterfinal
Philadelphia Daily News - Battling for a header are Panama’s Felipe Baloy and Landon Donovan of the United States. Clint Dempsey of the U.S. is at left in this play from the 2005 Gold Cup final. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The United States won the last Gold Cup in a penalty-kick

KARATE: Vernon finds gold
This is Hampshire - A KARATE amateur who trains in Winchester has become a world champion in his category. Vernon Stewart, 47, was stunned by his success, having taken up the martial art less than three years ago. “I trained hard and worked hard enough, but I was very