Gold mining stocks: With gold prices soaring, mining companies are seeing improved profit margins. This approach offers leveraged exposure to gold's upward trend. However, it comes with company-specific risks that require careful selection in today's volatile market.

Gold prices fell Wednesday as the safe-haven asset’s record run came to a halt amid an upturn in broader market sentiment. Gold futures climbed above the $3,500 level for the first time Tuesday before slipping back to settle at $3,

Gold hit another record Tuesday, then faded a bit in afternoon trading. The most actively traded futures contracts surged above $3,500 a troy ounce for the first time, before slipping. In afternoon trading,

Canada's Barrick Gold said on Tuesday it will exit the Donlin gold Project in Alaska by selling its 50% stake to billionaire John Paulson and NovaGold Resources for up to $1.1 billion. The Donlin Gold project is a proposed mine which holds roughly 39 million ounces of gold.

Barrick Gold entered a deal to sell its stake in an Alaskan gold project for as much as $1.1 billion to affiliates of billionaire John Paulson’s Paulson Advisers and Novagold Resources,.