Beaver Creek: Crypto joins gold windfall in M&A race
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Flush crypto firms and gold miners are driving industry M&A in a competitive market where the number of discoveries has slid by more than half, this…
Precious Metals
Iamgold hits 13-year high on Quebec assays
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) says new assay results from Nelligan and Monster Lake in central Quebec deliver new high-grade hits that extend mineralization. In zone 36 at Nelligan, drill…
New gold explorer M&A in northern Europe
First Nordic Metals (TSXV: FNM), which includes Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) among its backers, has agreed to acquire Mawson Finland in an all-share deal that will bring together…
Canada fast-tracks Newmont, Foran projects
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) Red Chris copper-gold mine expansion in British Columbia and Foran Mining’s (TSXV: FOM) McIlvenna Bay copper project in…
Lundin Gold says Beck to replace Hochstein as CEO
Lundin Gold (TSX, Nasdaq: LUG) said CEO Ron Hochstein will step down in November after 10 years in the role and make way for former Filo Corp. boss Jamie Beck….
Abcourt pours first gold from historic Sleeping Giant
Abcourt Mines (TSXV: ABI; US-OTC: ABMBF) has officially placed Quebec’s past-producing Sleeping Giant mine back on the map with its first gold pour after two months of development work. The…
JV article: Troilus Gold nears construction decision
After leading the development and sale of a gold project in Peru in 2014 for about $270 million (C$300 million), Justin Reid was looking for a new opportunity. He found…
Barrick sells Hemlo Gold mine for $1.1B
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) has agreed to sell its last operating gold mine in Canada, marking a significant milestone as the company shifts its focus towards copper. The…
Beaver Creek: ‘Paper gold is over’ as BRICS build dollar-free payments
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Canadian dealmaker Frank Giustra says the age of paper gold is ending as BRICS nations stand up a parallel financial system that routes around the U.S….
OceanaGold books high-grade gold in South Carolina
New high-grade drill results from OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OCANF) Haile mine in South Carolina show the company is making headway towards a goal of expanding the resource at its…
Podcast: Agnico’s Boyd and Northern Miner’s Vaccaro on the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt
This week’s episode features Agnico Eagle chair Sean Boyd and Northern Miner Group president Anthony Vaccaro on the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt—a contest launched by the Northern Miner that hides…
Galiano halts Ghana deposit work after clash
Galiano Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: GAU) says it temporarily suspended operations at the Esaase deposit at Ghana’s Asanko mine after one person died Tuesday during a clash between soldiers and area…