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Banro Reports High Grade Drill Results at Namoya and Provides Corporate Update

[Marketwired] – Banro Corporation (“Banro” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT:BAA)(BAA.TO) is pleased to announce the intersection of significant mineralization from on-going near mine exploration activities at its wholly-owned Namoya project, located on the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”). The near mine exploration at Namoya encompasses follow-up work in the Namoya Summit-Filon B area, the hanging-wall zone at Namoya Summit

SILVER (MSM)

Wednesday, April 15: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price managed to creep back to the $1,200 spot mark in early Far East trading on their Tuesday morning—and that lasted until noon in Hong Kong.  At that point the HFT boyz showed up—and it was all down hill into the release of the retail sales numbers shortly before 8:30 a.m. EDT. The dollar index crashed—and gold, along with the other precious metals, moved

Tuesday, April 14: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price traded flat for a while once the markets opened on Sunday evening in New York, but got sold down in two separate selling bouts, with the low tick coming shortly after the London morning gold fix.  The 1 p.m. BST rally was dealt with in the usual manner an hour and change later in New York—and once the London p.m. fix was in,

Great Panther And Cangold Execute Definitive Arrangement Agreement

[PR Newswire] – VANCOUVER, April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (GPR.TO) (NYSE MKT: GPL) (“Great Panther”) and Cangold Limited (CLD.V) (“Cangold”) are pleased to announce that further to the binding letter agreement announced on February 26, 2015, they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which Great Panther will, subject to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement Agreement, acquire all of

ENERGY (MSM)

UK offshore wind can be cost-competitive in a decade – Dong

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of offshore wind energy in Britain can become competitive with more established forms of energy in the next decade through better technology and bigger turbines, a Dong Energy executive told Reuters on Wednesday. Offshore wind is one of the most expensive renewable energy technologies in Britain, because manufacturing and maintaining turbines strong enough to withstand marine environments is costly. The sector still

Armenian police disperse thousands protesting over energy prices

By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian police used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the capital Yerevan on Tuesday against a hike in electricity prices and detained more than 200 of them. Opposition parties condemned the police action and demanded the release of the 237 held after a rally that showed heightened social tensions in the cash-strapped South Caucasus country. A member of the opposition Armenian

Avian Predator’s Stealth Mode Could Be a Boon to Wind Power

Now scientists want to bring that silence to the world of wind turbines—quieting the noisy rotating monoliths that can irritate neighbors. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are testing a prototype coating. Based on the structure of an owl’s wing, when applied to the blades of wind turbines it could significantly reduce the amount of noise they make.

US economist pens energy plan for Spain protest party

Spanish protest party Podemos teamed up Monday with a top US anti-austerity economist to launch a green energy plan which they said could create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Vying to drive out Spain’s governing conservative Popular Party in the year-end general election, Podemos turned for its energy investment programme to Robert Pollin, who has worked as an adviser to the US Department of Energy and the United Nations. In

More than 2,500 new UK onshore wind turbines threatened by subisidy cut

More than 2,500 new wind turbines, amounting to 7.1 gigawatts (GW) of electricity production capacity, are now unlikely to be built in Britain because of a fast-tracked subsidy cut outlined by the new government. British energy minister Amber Rudd said an earlier than planned reduction in onshore wind subsidies was necessary to avoid spending more than required to meet Britain’s legally binding green energy targets. “We are reaching the limits