Barrick bets on BC with 9.9% Kingfisher stake
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) is acquiring an almost 10% stake in Canadian explorer Kingfisher Metals (TSX-V: KFR) through a $20.9-million private placement, backing…
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Seabridge Gold lands $100M loan despite KSM snags
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has secured a $100-million (C$137-million) credit line from an unnamed investor to advance its KSM project in British Columbia…
Lassonde’s Cadillac targets $363M IPO
Cadillac Mines, chaired by Canadian Mining Hall of Famer Pierre Lassonde, aims to raise up to $363 million (US$258 million) in an initial public offering…
Ex-De Beers chief leads bid for diamond giant
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has selected a consortium led by former De Beers chief executive Gareth Penny as the preferred bidder to acquire its diamond…
Orezone restarts Quebec mine after wildfire pause
Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE) resumed operations at its Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec on Friday evening after a three-day voluntary suspension prompted by nearby…
London Gold offers $25M for Bolivia-focused Bocana
Privately held London Gold LLC is moving towards a $25 million (C$35 million) cash and stock deal for Americas-focused explorer Bocana Resources (TSXV: BOCA), which…
Rule Symposium Video: Central banks double gold-buying
Central banks are recasting gold as a monetary asset as sanctions, inflation and credit risk push reserve managers away from paper currencies, World Gold Council…
Awalé gold-copper assays at Odienné point to bigger lode in West Africa
New assay results from Awalé Resources’ (TSXV: ARIC) Newmont- (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) backed gold-copper Odienné project in Côte d’Ivoire show the high-grade core of the…
Forrest’s $133M tungsten bet rockets EQR shares
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has agreed to buy a 17% stake in EQ Resources (ASX: EQR) from Oaktree Capital Management, sending the Australian tungsten producer’s…
Canada’s first diamond mine to shut down
Canada’s first diamond mine, Ekati in the Northwest Territories, will shut down following a Supreme Court of British Columbia ruling placing it into receivership this…
Gold demand in China at decade low in June, WGC says
China’s physical gold demand remained near decade lows in June despite falling gold prices, suggesting cheaper valuations have yet to revive the world’s largest gold…
Acid test: IEA warns copper supply outlook has “worsened considerably”
Copper’s sulphuric acid market has been thrown into chaos by the Middle East conflict and Beijing’s export ban, according to the International Energy Agency, which…