The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions March 19 against the state-run Venezuelan gold miner Minerven and its president.

Excellon Resources has uncovered a two-year period of thefts of precious metals concentrate from transports from its Mexico processing complex to port.

The loggerhead turtle is the subject of a new 1-ounce .999 fine silver bullion coin for the tropical New Zealand territory of Tokelau.

Dundee Precious Metals' Krumovgrad open pit gold mine in southern Bulgaria is now producing gold concentrate.

Tightening supplies continues to push the spot price of palladium to new record highs.

Late 2018 drilling by American Creek Resources on its Gold Hill property in British Columbia suggests yields of up to 66.4 grams of gold per metric ton of ore.

Barrick Gold and Newmont Gold have inked a joint venture agreement that will unite assets from both firms in pursuing gold mining in Nevada.

Fiore Gold Ltd. reports first quarter 2019 gold production of 9,765 ounces at its Pan Mine in Nevada is 47 percent higher than the same quarter in 2018.

Fishermen accidentally netted an anchor that may be from the Merchant Royal, a British ship that sank while carrying Spanish treasure.

Australia’s Perth Mint has launched two new 2019 bullion coins that celebrate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the moon.

The Mint’s authorized purchasers bought 2,400 2019 American Eagle 1-ounce platinum bullion coins in February; the cumulative total for 2019 is 29,500 coins.

With palladium supplies tightening and the threat of a miners' strike in South Africa, the price of palladium surged past $1,553 a troy ounce Feb. 26.

Bayhorse Silver has commissioned the pouring of its first refined silver bar in 35 years from ore mined at its Oregon mining operations.

The U.S. Mint suspended sales Feb. 21 of American Eagle 1-ounce silver bullion coins because it had no coins left in inventory to sell.

SilverCrest Metals Inc. has identified high concentrations of gold and silver in at least nine of 30 veins drilled at its Mexico mining operations.

Drilling by Galways Metals at its Clarence Stream Project in New Brunswick, Canada, is yielding promising veins of gold.

Rhodium is now offered as a precious metals investment option. Baird & Co. and PAMP Suisse are offering the metal in 1-ounce .9999 fine bullion bars.

Investment demand for gold has grown, on average, 15 percent annually since 2001, according to the World Gold Council.

January's American Eagle silver bullion coin sales are 24 percent higher than January 2018 sales, and sales for the gold bullion counterpart are up 12 percent.

The expected slowdown in the Federal Reserve's interest rate hiking cycle “should benefit silver.”