Jorge Huerta of Hinsdale South recently claimed a gold medal in the pentathlon of the State Special Olympic Games in Bloomington. Teammate Jose Ugalde won a gold in the 400 meter run and long jump, and Jantha Laemmer won gold in the 200 run.

The price of gold is sharply higher this afternoon. For that, thank the latest glimpse at Federal Reserve policymaking, which arrives via the minutes from the Fed's June policy meeting. Colleague Mike Aneiro reads the bond-market reaction as another …

LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) – Gold prices firmed on Wednesday, climbing back above $1,320 an ounce, as fresh inflows into bullion-backed funds indicated rising investor confidence the metal ahead of the release of the latest Federal Reserve minutes.

NEW YORK—Gold prices extended earlier gains after Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes showed that central bank officials were shifting focus away from raising interest rates as the central strategy for tightening monetary policy. Instead …

Canoe Mining Ventures Corp. (TSXV:CLV) spoke to Resource Investing News about the Iron Lake Gold Project near White River, Ontario. The Company recently completed its first drill program, and is expecting “drill results in the short term”.

Colombian Mines Corporation (TSXV:CMJ,FWB:X6C) reported that drill hole 1360-01 at its Sabana Blanca Adit intersected a high grade mineralized interval averaging 13.01 grams of gold per metric tonne, 24.60 grams silver per metric tonne 7.10 percent …

MOSCOW, July 08. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia's gold production, including gold concentrates, increased by 29.2% on the year to 86.671 tonnes in January-May, Sergei Kashuba, chairman of the country's Gold Producers Union, said Tuesday citing preliminary data.

Higher overseas purchases by the world's No.2 buyer of the precious metal after China should underpin global gold prices that have risen almost 10 percent this year, recovering from a 28 percent plunge in 2013. The drop to 6 percent in import duty "is …

(Kitco News) – The short-term technical-chart posture of the gold market looks constructive even though the metal has been in a relatively tight trading range since a big up move in mid-June, traders say. The most-active Comex August gold futures …