Mining’s future is up for sale
Streaming has moved far beyond its origins as a niche financing tool for cash-strapped miners, with multibillion-dollar deals and a growing secondary market turning rights…
Precious Metals
Mayfair lines up $310M for Ontario gold project
Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; NYSE-A: MINE) has reached a preliminary financing agreement with Australia’s Macquarie Bank for up to $310 million (US$218 million) to help…
Beaver Creek video: Gold gains new role vs bonds
Gold’s growing role as a monetary alternative to government bonds and the U.S. dollar could mark a structural shift rather than another cyclical bull market,…
Gold Fields halts Windfall work as Quebec permit lapses
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) has paused underground development at Windfall in Quebec after an exploration-work permit expired, leaving…
Miata drills 3.4 g gold at Sela Creek in Suriname
Drilling at Miata Metals’ (TSXV: MMET; US-OTC: MMETF) Sela Creek project in Suriname has returned stacked, high-grade intercepts in the Jons Trend, giving it the potential…
Arizona Gold finds high-grade zones at main project
New drilling by Arizona Gold & Silver (TSXV: AZS; US-OTC: AZASF) at its Philadelphia project in Arizona has encountered high-grade zones that extend gold mineralization…
Trump’s Venezuela gold push hits refiner snag: NYT
Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan gold doré brought into the United States remains stuck in storage because refiners are unwilling to handle…
Sponsored Q&A: Erdene shifts from gold mine build to district-scale exploration
Erdene Resource Development has moved into commercial production at its Bayan Khundii gold mine in Mongolia and is turning its attention back to exploration across…
Golden Cariboo outlines nearly 1M oz inferred in BC
Golden Cariboo Resources (CSE: GCC; US-OTC: GCCFF) has outlined an initial resource of 175,000 indicated oz. gold and 995,000 inferred oz. at its past-producing Quesnelle…
Video: Mining’s next generation faces the test
Mining’s younger leaders are setting out to build companies that can survive the next downturn as veteran executives prepare to hand over control. Last week…
Mining Forum: US needs Canada to break China’s minerals grip
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Washington’s hostility towards Canada threatens its effort to reduce dependence on Chinese minerals, former U.S. sanctions official Edward Fishman said Monday….
Northern Star rejects undervalued A$38.7B Gold Fields bid
Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) has rejected an unsolicited A$38.7-billion ($27.2-billion) takeover proposal from Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI), saying the bid materially undervalues the…