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India's income tax men may come calling on gold buyers

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ram Sahgal
The Times of India, Mumbai
Friday, November 18, 2016

MUMBAI -- The taxman may knock on your door if you bought gold immediately before or after high denomination currency notes were withdrawn -- even if you paid for the precious metal by cheque or credit card.

Excise authorities have issued notices to 600 jewellers to give details of stocks and sales for each day from Nov 7, a day before the announcement, to Nov 10, the India Bullion & Jewellers Association told The Times. This might be one of the reasons to have caused jewellery and bullion demand to fall sharply in the days after the notices were issued last Friday.

... For the remainder of the report:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/-income-tax-men-...



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K92 Mining Begins Gold Production at Kainantu Mine

Company Announcement
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

K92 Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that gold production has commenced from the Irumafimpa gold deposit.

Ian Stalker, K92 Chief Executive Officer, says: "This milestone is highly significant for our company, and for this region of Papua New Guinea. A great deal of thanks goes to the entire team on site in PNG in achieving production ahead of schedule and on budget. The rehabilitation of the Irumafimpa gold mine, process plant, and associated infrastructure commenced in late March and is now complete. As an enhancement of the processing facility, we are also pleased to note that the installation of a new drum scrubber is also nearing completion and commissioning of this will be completed by the end of the month. ..."

...For the remainder of the announcement:

http://www.k92mining.com/2016/10/6077/



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