Centerra Gold hands Kumtor mine to Kyrgyzstan, ending dispute
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) and the Kyrgyz Republic have reached an out-of-court settlement in which the Canadian miner agrees to hand control of its expropriated Kumtor operation to the…
Regulatory Issues
Chile environmental regulator files charges against Teck at Quebrada Blanca
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B) (NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, is facing eight charges filed by Chile’s environmental regulator SMA, which claims the miner failed to…
Colombia to open gold, coal assets up for bids
Colombia will begin taking offers in its first bidding round for gold and copper exploration contracts before the end of March, the government said this…
First Quantum agrees to pay US$375M a year in royalties to Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has reached a deal with Panama’s government to increase royalty payments at the giant Cobre Panama copper mine, the company’s…
Otso Gold CEO detained in Finland on suspicion of fraud
A former CEO of Otso Gold (TSXV: OTSO), Brian Wesson, has been detained in Finland and remains in pre-trial custody under criminal suspicion of aggravated…
Colombian regulator shelves AngloGold’s permit request for Quebradona
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) said today that Colombia’s environmental regulator or ANLA, its initials in Spanish, had shelved the permit application…
Barrick Gold says mining at Pueblo Viejo would end without TSF
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD), the world’s second-largest producer of the precious metal, warns that mining at its Pueblo Viejo operation in the Dominican Republic could finish this year…
Bristow, Marape to meet on potential fast-track of Porgera restart
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) CEO Mark Bristow is set to meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape this week, with the…
Taranis Resources’ B.C. bulk permitting tussle a provincial exploration industry boon
The recent receipt of an Environmental Management Act (EMA) permit allowing explorer Taranis Resources (TSXV: TRO; US-OTC: TNREF) to undertake a bulk sample at its…
Lundin Mining CEO to leave the post by year’s end
Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has announced that Marie Inkster, the company’s chief executive officer in the last three years, is stepping down by the end of the year because of…
UPDATE: Centerra says 40 metres of water at Kumtor pit threatens workers, environment
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) says there is at least 40 meters of water at the bottom of its seized Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and “abnormally” large amounts running down the…
BHP fired 48 workers in two years for sexual harassment
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) revealed this week that it has fired 48 employees since 2019 for sexual harassment at its remote fly-in,…