Barrick sells 10% of African Barrick
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE:ABX) has sold part of its 74%-stake in its subsidiary African Barrick Gold (LSE: ABG; US-OTC: ABGLF), in a move to keep optimizing its portfolio amid weaker gold prices.
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Integra eyes low-cost underground mine at Lamaque
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: KALRF) efforts to advance its Lamaque gold project in Val-d’Or, Que., to production were just rewarded with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) predicting a mine with a 38%…
Analysts like gold-focused royalty firms
Royalty and streaming companies make good investments, argue Raymond James analysts Alex Terentiew and Ross Yakovlev in a recent note.
Amara highlights ‘robust returns’ in Yaoure PEA
VANCOUVER — U.K.-based producer Amara Mining (LSE: AMA, US-OTC: CLUGF) looks to have a great West African story on its hands at its brownfield Yaoure gold property, 40 km northwest of the Côte d’Ivoire capital of…
True Gold adds ounces at Karma
VANCOUVER — A 1.7-million oz. estimate for the North Kao deposit at True Gold Mining’s (TSXV: TGM; US-OTC: RVREF) Karma property in Burkina Faso is reminding investors that the feasibility stage gold project has lots of room…
Production underway at Cameco, Areva’s Cigar Lake
Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Cigar Lake — one of the most technically challenging mining projects in the world — has started production after years of delays and mine plan re-engineering.
Enexco jumps on uranium hit at Mann Lake
International Enexco (TSXV: IEC) saw its shares climb 23% after announcing the thickest and highest grade hit yet from its 30%-held Mann Lake uranium property in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin.
B2Gold, AngloGold put Gramalote on ice
Gramalote’s chances of becoming one of the first modern commercial scale gold mine in Colombia have been diminished, as B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the project and said it…
Cigar Lake production shines spotlight on Denison Mines
The start of ore production at Cameco Corp.’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Cigar Lake uranium mine is good news for Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN), which owns 22.5% of the McClean Lake mill where all of Cigar Lake’s ore will be…
Alacer focuses on upside in Turkish portfolio
VANCOUVER — Following a strategic decision to sell-off its Australian portfolio for roughly US$36 million in late October, U.S.-based producer Alacer Gold (TSX: ASR; US-OTC: ALIAF) is all about Turkey. The company delivered a…
Nicaragua a priority, B2Gold says
With two of the company’s three operating mines in Nicaragua, B2 Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) is the country’s largest gold exporter and taxpayer, and one of its largest employers.
More big things to come from little Panama
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — There may be 117 countries with more land mass and another 131 countries ahead of it when it comes to population, but for such a small country, Panama likes to do things big.