Barrick transitions Hemlo to underground mine
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is moving ahead with plans to extend the life of its Hemlo gold mine in Ontario by transitioning the operation from open-pit mining to…
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Newrange expands gold mineralization at Pamlico in Nevada
Newrange Gold (TSXV: NRG) has reported drill results from the Merritt zone at its flagship Pamlico gold project in Nevada, 19 km southeast of Hawthorne. The 17-sq.-km property covers the historic…
Yamana starts trading on London Stock Exchange, raises dividend
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) started trading on the London Stock Exchange on Oct. 13. The company will maintain a primary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange…
SilverCrest to spend US$60M on drilling at Las Chispas
SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) plans to spend US$60 million on drilling through the end of 2022 at its Las Chispas silver-gold project in Mexico’s Sonora state. “Growth from…
Roxgold hits high-grade gold in Cote d’Ivoire
Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has reported additional results from the first phase of its infill drill program on the Koula prospect at its Séguéla gold project in Cote d’Ivoire, 240…
Newcrest starts trading in Canada
Shares in Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) were up almost 2% in pre-market trading in Canada, as the miner, Australia’s largest gold producer, began trading on the Toronto Stock…
OceanaGold lays off 496 employees, 400 contractors at Didipio in the Philippines
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) has implemented the permanent lay-off of 496 employees at its Didipio gold and copper mine, located across the Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces on the island of…
Sale of Dominion’s Ekati mine hits ‘impasse’
The future of the Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories remains uncertain after Dominion Diamond Mines announced that a deal to sell it to a subsidiary owned by its…
Diamond-gold deposit in Canada mirrors South Africa’s Witwatersrand Goldfields: study
Researchers from the University of Alberta, Penn State University and the University of Padua discovered diamonds in an outcrop at an unrealized gold deposit in Canada’s Nunavut territory, an association…
BHP strikes heritage deal ahead of annual meeting
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP) has reached an eleventh-hour deal with a coalition of Aboriginal land councils, as shareholders were pushing for a halt to all mining on sacred Indigenous…
Lucapa Diamond restarts Mothae mine in Lesotho
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) is restarting operations at its Mothae mine in Lesotho, Africa, which had been halted since late March to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Perth-based company said it plans…
InoBat unveils world’s first ‘intelligent’ EV battery
Slovakia’s InoBat Auto has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first “intelligent” electric vehicle battery, said to beat competitors’ with a higher energy density and an increase in operational…