Greatland Gold may buy Havieron back from Newmont
Greatland Gold (LSE: GGP) said Tuesday it is in a strong position to buy back a majority stake in the Havieron gold-copper project in Western Australia from Newmont (NYSE: NEM;…
Precious Metals
Lundin, Sprott, Warke fund Highlander Silver for Peru
South America-focused Highlander Silver (CSE: HSLV) is netting $9.2 million from members of the Lundin family as well as Canadian mining billionaires Richard Warke and Eric Sprott. The financing, for…
AngloGold Ashanti project in Colombia hit by court-backed mining ban
AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU) stalled La Colosa gold project in Colombia faces another setback after a local court upheld a mining ban. The 10th Administrative Court of Ibagué, the capital…
Alpha drill results expand gold zones at Kerkasha project in Eritrea where Italians used to mine
Alpha Exploration (TSXV: ALEX) says drill results extend mineralization at the Kerkasha gold project in Eritrea with a double-digit grams assay. Drill hole ABRD113 cut 5 metres grading 11.03 grams gold per…
Equinox Gold buys out Orion for almost US$1B as it readies Greenstone for first gold
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) is buying partner Orion Mine Finance’s 40% stake in their new Greenstone gold mine in Ontario for US$995 million in cash and shares as it…
TNM Drill Down: West African Resources posts second top assay in a month from Burkina Faso
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the April 12-19 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
G Mining buys Reunion’s Oko West gold project in Guyana for $875M
Montreal-based G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) is expanding its South American holdings by taking over Reunion Gold’s (TSXV: RGD; US-OTC: RGDFF) Oko West gold project in Guyana in…
Western Copper and Gold raises $40M for Casino project in Yukon
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN) is increasing a stock offering by 60% for its Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project in the Yukon. The bought deal increased to $40 million from…
Russian mercenary Wagner theatens to control Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in Mali, reports say
According to The Globe and Mail, there are reports suggesting that the regime may be aiming to expropriate the mining complex.
Orla Mining threatens arbitration in Panama
Canada’s Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) may take Panama to an arbitration court following the government’s rejection of a permit extension for the three mining concessions in the Cerro…
Forget groceries, Costco sells up to US$200M of gold bars and silver coins every month
Given its pricing and shipping costs, analysts with Wells Fargo wrote that it’s likely a “very low-profit business at best.”
Sibanye-Stillwater to axe 4,000 jobs in South African gold mines restructuring
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) says the planned reorganization of its four gold operations in South Africa could lay off 4,022 workers — 3,107 employees and 915 contractors. The company…