Gold prices are posting sharp gains and are hitting record highs even as world markets experience mild recessions, hyper-inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty. In fact, all the instability may be causing gold to hit its peak. Along with record gold prices, the price of other precious metals such as silver
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How Africa Lost its Mineral Rights to Mining Companies
Shortly after independence, African governments declared sovereignty over rights to mineral resources. Prior, the resources were exploited by European mining corporations. After the volatility of the 1990s, transnational corporations have once again dominated all major mining projects in Africa. As we learn about new diamond and gold deposits throughout Africa, and