Northern Star, Saracen create US$11.5B Australian gold giant
Australia’s Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) is buying smaller peer Saracen Mineral Holdings (ASX: SAR) in a deal that will create an A$16 billion (US$11.5…
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Teranga increases resource at Golden Hill in Burkina Faso
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ; US-OTC: TGCDF) has updated the mineral resource estimate for its wholly-owned Golden Hill project in the central part of West Africa’s Hounde Greenstone…
Polymetal to build US$80M gold mine in Russia’s Far East
Russian precious metals producer Polymetal (LSE: POLY) is going ahead with its US$80 million Kutyn gold project, which is expected to offset declining volumes from…
Aussie gold miner Newcrest to begin trading on TSX
Following its acquisition of a 70% stake in the Red Chris copper-gold mine in British Columbia last year, Australia’s largest listed gold miner, Newcrest Mining…
Osisko Metals drills high-grade zinc-lead at Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) has released assay results for four holes completed at the Central zone, around the O53 deposit, within its past-producing Pine Point…
US grabs stake in battery metals miner to fight Chinese control
The U.S. government is taking a US$25 million equity stake in Dublin-based battery metals miner TechMet, as part of a push by President Donald Trump…
Caldas Gold adds to Juby resource in Ontario
An updated resource estimate for Caldas Gold’s (TSXV: CGC) Juby gold project in Ontario, 15 km from Gowganda, features two open-pit deposits, with a total…
Industry, investors divided on proposed Ontario capital market reforms
Institutional investors, industry groups and experts are divided on a set of substantial capital markets reforms being proposed by Ontario’s capital markets modernization taskforce. The…
US markets climb, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.87% to finish the week at 27,682.81 and the S&P 500 Index climbed 1.52% to 3,348.44. Spot gold increased…
TSX up, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.83% to 16,199.25 during the Sept. 28-Oct. 2 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 0.14% to 96.25, and…
TSX Venture rises, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 1.92% to finish the Sept. 28-Oct. 2 trading week at 708.60. Spot gold rose US$37.60 per oz., or 2.02%,…
Editorial: JPMorgan fined US$920M for market manipulation
With the relentless stream of bad news bombarding us these days, we need to take comfort where we can, so it was nice to see…