Gold holds above $4,300 per oz as rate-cut bets build
Bullion extends last week’s 7% surge as weak US employment data, investor positioning and Chinese buying lend support.
Precious Metals
Iamgold defers Côté expansion, studies bigger build
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has deferred a planned expansion of Côté Gold while it studies a much larger build that could nearly double the…
B2Gold wins Mali permit after guidance cut
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) won a key permit Friday for its Fekola Regional gold expansion project in Mali, removing a growth hurdle a day…
NGEx to spin out South American exploration company
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX; US-OTC: NGXXF) plans to spin out its Valle Ancho copper-gold project into a new company – a move that will let…
From the Archives: The Origins of Agnico Eagle Mines
Agnico Eagle Mines is today Canada’s top miner by market capitalization. But its prominence today comes after a decades-long journey of challenges and successes, and…
Spotlight: Four more companies advancing projects around the world
Junior exploration companies across the globe stand or fall on drill programs that could turn them into bigger stories. Here are four more juniors with company-making discovery…
Top 10 global miners: Zijin’s expansion pays off
Zijin Mining’s (SSE: 601899; SEHK: 2899) expansion strategy paid dividends as the Chinese miner topped global peers located outside North America and Australia for market capitalization. Attributable net income for…
Equinox approves $436M Valentine expansion
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) (NYSE: EQX) has approved a $436-million expansion of its Valentine gold mine in central Newfoundland, Canada, which will lift planned production as…
Luca sees resource growth potential at Campo Morado
New drilling by Luca Mining (TSXV: LUCA; US-OTC: LUCMF) at its Campo Morado polymetallic mine in Mexico’s Guerrero State hints at the possibility of increasing near-mine…
Bigger plants drive Australia’s next gold gains
Australian gold output is set to rise as producers expand existing mines before a new set of projects starts later this decade, Melbourne-based mining consultants…
Spotlight: Four companies advancing projects around the world
Junior exploration companies across the globe stand or fall on drill programs that could turn them into bigger stories. Here are four juniors with company-making discovery potential…
Osisko Gold makes discovery at Cariboo regional target
Osisko Gold Group (TSX: OSG) said early drilling at its Proserpine target near the Cariboo gold project in British Columbia has outlined a new mineralized…