Kerr Mines appoints new top management 12TH APRIL 2017 BY: HENRY LAZENBY CREAMER MEDIA DEPUTY EDITOR: NORTH AMERICA VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed project developer Kerr Mines has appointed Claudio Ciavarella as CEO and Martin Kostuik as president and director with immediate effect. "The additions of Claudio and Martin to Kerr's management team will provide invaluable business and technical leadership as we advance our flagship Copperstone gold mine. Their experience and expertise will be especially valuable as we begin to execute exploration and development programmes, designed to better define our resource and optimise Copperstone's economics,” said chairperson Fahad Al Tamimi. http://www.miningweekly.com/article/kerr-mines-appoints-new-top-management-2017-04-12 Volatile global politics arouses bulls with gold at 5-month high 12TH APRIL 2017 BY: BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE – Worries about the unpredictability of the Donald Trump presidency are revitalising gold. Bullion is trading at the highest level since the week in November when Trump won the US election as rising global tensions surrounding Syria and North Korea strain investors’ nerves. A standoff between the US and Russia after an American missile strike on Syria and Trump’s pledge to solve the North Korean “problem” with or without China have deepened concerns about political stability, and there are also signs that Russia and the US are increasingly at odds over Afghanistan. http://www.miningweekly.com/topic/trump-city