The half-day event, now in its fifth year, saw record attendance, making it the most attended in the partnership's history. A total of 19 teams from the Gold Industry Group participated, reflecting the event's growing popularity and significance. Co-organized with Netball WA, the day was filled with competitive netball matches and opportunities for community interaction among professionals from the gold industry.Adding to the teams competing both Shooting Stars and Netball WA entered their own teams into the tournament adding another level of prowess to the level of competition.The win by Gold Rush was a notable achievement, especially as they claimed the title from AngloGold, who had been the champions for the past two...
It has been an especially dramatic edition of Fat Bear Week, the annual fan-voted competition to crown the brown bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park who packed on the most poundage ahead of winter hibernation. You may remember last week's horrors, when the start of voting was delayed by the inexplicable killing of Bear 402 by "Digger." Neither of those bears had qualified for the knockout round of the competition, but if you read down in the story, you noticed one who has: "Chunk," last year's runner-up. Chunk was spotted stealing 402's carcass from Digger, presumably to cache it as food. Cannibalism is not, we understand, specifically prohibited in the Fat Bear Week rulebook.But Chunk...
The History and Significance of Escudos and Reals in Gold Investment and Coin Collecting
Escudos and Reals, once vital currencies of the Spanish Empire, now...