Nigerian illegal mine collapse kills 20
Heavy rains caused an open-pit mine collapse in Nigeria that killed at least 20 people and trapped 14 others, according to local Channels Television, which cited police. Rescuers were hampered…
Precious Metals
Firms track Congo gold with blockchain
Two companies are partnering to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo using a blockchain-based platform. Society Artisanal, a company that works with artisanal mining cooperatives, has joined with…
Gemfields studies 2 grams-a-tonne gold in Mozambique
Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML), known by its emeralds and rubies, has produced its first resource estimate for the Nairoto gold project in Mozambique showing high grade from a…
Maritime’s Hammerdown set for re-start decision
Maritime Resources TSXV: MAE; US-OTC: MRTMF) says it has all major permits to restart the former Hammerdown gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company has completed clean up at…
B2Gold nets US$90M stake in Versamet after royalty package sale
Canadian gold major B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) has agreed to sell a portfolio of 10 precious and base metals revenue shares to Sandbox Royalties, to be renamed Versamet Royalties,…
Atlantic Mining sees Touquoy mine as green energy hub
Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia, a subsidiary of St Barbara (ASX: SBM), has kicked off a program to explore the feasibility of converting the now closed Touquoy gold mine in Moose…
JV Article: G2 Goldfields set for meteoric growth in heart of regional M&A boom
G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) updated its resource for the OKO-Aremu project in Guyana in April and plans to do so again by year’s end to reflect the increase in contained…
Lion One’s Tuvatu starts full-scale mining as drills hit bonanza Fiji gold
South Pacific-focused Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) has kicked off production at the Tuvatu gold project in western Fiji. It also reported a bonanza drill intercept in Zone 5, where…
Underground protest ends at Sibanye in South Africa
An underground sit-in at Sibanye-Stillwater‘s (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) Kroondal platinum operations in South Africa in its Kwezi shaft has ended, the company said, with all employees leaving the mine safely…
Palladium not written off the road yet, miners say
The price of palladium may gain in the short term if constraints on recycling tighten and car buyers remain wary of electric vehicles (EVs) because of high interest rates, the…
Bronze bust honours barber who struck gold
In what might be a parting gift, Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has unveiled a new statue commemorating prospector Benny Hollinger who struck gold in 1909 at what became the Porcupine…
Video: Agnico’s Hope Bay project plants another flag in Canada’s Arctic, Boyd says
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is advancing the former Hope Bay gold mine project in Nunavut as a nation-building measure in Canada’s far north by using the company’s 67 years…