Barrick sells Hemlo Gold mine for $1.1B
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) has agreed to sell its last operating gold mine in Canada, marking a significant milestone as the company shifts its focus towards copper. The…
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Beaver Creek: ‘Paper gold is over’ as BRICS build dollar-free payments
Beaver Crrek, Colo. – Canadian dealmaker Frank Giustra says the age of paper gold is ending as BRICS nations stand up a parallel financial system that routes around the U.S….
OceanaGold books high-grade gold in South Carolina
New high-grade drill results from OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OCANF) Haile mine in South Carolina show the company is making headway towards a goal of expanding the resource at its…
Japan pours $7B into African rail link for Sovereign graphite
Japan has committed $7 billion to develop the Nacala Logistics Corridor, a project expected to boost Sovereign Metals’ (ASX: SVM; LSE: SVML) Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi. The funding would…
GoviEx Uranium, Niger pause Madaouela dispute
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) and the Niger government have agreed to extend a break in international arbitration over their Madaouela project clash by another six months. While the two…
Foran secures $70M in Sask. tax credits
Foran Mining (TSX: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) says it has secured up to $70 million (US$51 million) in Saskatchewan provincial tax credits to support the development of its McIlvenna Bay project…
Northern Graphite to raise $2.2M for feasibility study
Canadian miner Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) plans to raise up to C$2.2 million on the stock market as it builds on a recent federal lifeline extended to North…
Higher costs pinch Indonesian nickel producers
A persistent nickel ore shortage in Indonesia is raising costs for producers even as a wider global surplus in the refined metal caps prices, according to a market summary this…
JV video: OceanaGold preps NYSE listing, mine growth
As gold prices touch record highs, Vancouver-based OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OCANF) is advancing further into the United States market with a New York Stock Exchange listing next year and…
JV Article: Fortune Bay reactivates gold assets in Saskatchewan, Mexico
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) has quietly built a pipeline of gold and uranium assets, waiting for the next commodities upswing. An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its…
Anglo-Teck deal seen spurring rival bids: analysts
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed acquisition of Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) could end up putting both companies in play as rival miners scramble to find large-scale copper assets,…
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Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium JV Video: Nicola Mining targets cash flow, resource growth
Nicola Mining (TSXV: NIM; US-OTC: HUSIF) president and CEO Peter Espig says its focus on cash flow and copper exploration will create value. The New Craigmont copper project in southern…
London Symposium JV Video: Ontario Mines Minister touts critmins, faster permitting
Ontario’s Minister of Mines, George Pirie, says the province has updated its mining rules to speed up permits and attract investment in critical minerals. The provincial government passed the Building…
London Symposium JV Video: Southern Silver drills at Cerro Las Minitas
Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV) aims to add up to 8 million tonnes in shallow and deep resources to the Cerro Las Minitas project in Durango, Mexico, VP of exploration…