Gold has been a highly desired commodity for quite some time, here is part 2 of the History of Gold, where the benchmarks for Gold becoming ingrained in our modern day economy are explored.   1870-1900 - Adoption of gold standard All major countries other than China switch to the gold standard, linking their currencies to gold. The practice of bimetallism is abandoned. 1925 - Gold standard returns The UK...

In a report raising their target for Torex Gold Resources Inc., analysts at Dundee Securities stated that exploration at the Morelos Project in the Guerrero Gold Belt will be the value driver. “We believe there is no shortage of attractive targets to test at Morelos, including the strike and depth extensions of the known deposits along with multiple early stage prospects that have seen only limited work t...

Torex Gold Resources Inc. plans to significantly increase the exploration program at its 100% owned Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. Torex currently has five drill rigs operating on the property and plans to increase that number to a total of eleven drill rigs by early in 2011. The total meterage for the Company's initial drill program on the Morelos property will increase from the planned 56,500 meters to ...