As the first week in January ends, approved buyers can order gold, silver, and platinum American Eagle and gold American Buffalo bullion coins dated 2019.

The Loma Larga gold mining project in Ecuador is anticipated to yield 2.6 million gold equivalent ounces over a 12-year period of extraction beginning in 2021.

Dillon Gage Metals exclusively offers a 2018 Koala 10-ounce .9999 fine silver piedfort $10 coin, the first from the Perth Mint, according to the seller.

A newly released third quarter report issued by the World Platinum Investment Council suggests a worldwide platinum surplus for 2018.

Sales of America Eagle gold and silver bullion coins in 2018 are heading toward an 11-year-low.

The story about gold bars found in a military tank purchased on eBay continues to draw attention from readers, making it our “Week’s Most Read” article.

One of the world's largest purchasers and processors of gold ore, Dynacor Gold Mines Inc., forecasts a record processing year for calendar year 2018.

Canadian-based Columbus Gold and Russian-based Nordgold issued the results of a feasibility study into a gold mining operation, Montagne d'Or, in French Guiana.

Gold nuggets in various forms discovered worldwide are featured in Heritage Auctions Dec. 15 Nature & Science Signature sale in Dallas.

The story about a surprise eBay purchase that yielded more than the buyer expected continues to draw reader interest.

State and federal investigators are probing $170 million in alleged fraud involving sales of silver by Rust Rare Coin Inc. and Gaylen Rust.

S & P Market Intelligence reports that 55 percent of mining exploration in 2018 in Canada, Australia and the United States was for gold.

A 2018 interim silver survey conducted on behalf of The Silver Institute projects a surplus of the precious metal for the calendar year.

Gold bars found in an unlikely place, and plans for a palladium coin and $2 Federal Reserve notes in 2019, drew reader attention during the past week.

The World Gold Council reports global demand for gold reached 964.3 metric tons during the third quarter of 2018.

The U.S. Mint will issue a 2019 American Eagle palladium bullion coin, but officials have not said whether a numismatic version will be offered as well.

September’s production of 3,032 ounces of gold in Peru by Inca One Gold Corp. was a record monthly total for the precious metals mining firm.

In October, the U.S. Mint's authorized purchasers bought about half as many American Eagle silver and American Buffalo gold bullion coins as in September.

To be put on the London Bullion Market Association's "Good Delivery" list, silver and gold refiners must meet stringent standards.

Silver is often extracted from the ground as a byproduct of mining other metals rather than mined as the primary product.