Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to enter into a strategic alliance with Mexoro Minerals Ltd. The strategic alliance contemplates both companies combining their mining and exploration expertise including resources such as management, personnel, exploration equipment and mining concessions to maximize shareholder value [...]

John J. Komarnicki, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alhambra Resources Ltd., on behalf of the board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Graham A. Karklin as a director of the Corporation effective May 05, 2008.
Mr. Karklin has 34 years of experience in the international mining industry including Central Asia, Australia, [...]

Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Enters Into Strategic Alliance with Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.
Mexoro Minerals is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. to combine mining and exploration expertise, along with efficient use of personnel, drill rigs and current mining concessions to maximize shareholders’ value for [...]

The fluctuating price of gold may be giving Mother’s Day shoppers a little anxiety.
Gold had been trading at more than $950 an ounce at one point last month, but it has been sliding lately.
At Safian and Rudolph Jewelers on Jewelers Row in Philadelphia, manager Michael Gilman admits that’s been having an impact:
“Gold prices have slowed [...]

Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel said on Wednesday first-quarter 2008 nickel output rose to 74,572 tonnes from 60,913 tonnes in the same quarter of 2007.
Palladium output in the first quarter was 597,000 ounces, Norilsk said in a statement. First-quarter palladium output in 2007 was 716,000 ounces.
The palladium figures did not include output by Norilsk’s U.S. [...]