It ain’t much fun being a miner in these torrid times. It’s raining supply problems, infrastructure problems and energy costs are rocketing. Time for investors to be really picky!

Hip hip hooray! New and significant finds are still possible! The news from AngloGold Ashanti’s Columbian project has finally been officially confirmed. And this gold producing major could now be sitting on one of the ten biggest gold reserves in the world.

The resource-rich Canadian markets rallied on the back of high commodity prices during Tuesday trading, with even the more speculative stocks having a rare up day.

‘Check out the new Harmony uranium venture. It’s looking interesting…’ My ears pricked up. It is the most positive thing I have heard from any of my contacts in South Africa for a good few months. As I told Erin, it could not be more up-to-the minute, having both uranium and gold!