Western Australia is world’s new top mining destination
Resource-rich Western Australia has been picked the most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, replacing the U.S. state of Nevada, which fell to the third place in the latest…
Gold
TSX falls during Apr. 4-8 trading week
Over the Apr. 4-8 trading period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 211.25 points or 0.96% to 21,874.35. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 0.6 points or 0.46% to 129.58 and…
TSX Venture Exchange advances, Apr. 4-8
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index advanced 22.21 points or 2.6% over the Apr. 4-8 trading session to end at 888.21. The week’s most actively traded stock was Pure Gold Mining,…
Barrick pulls the trigger on Pueblo Viejo expansion
The Dominican Republic has completed a review of the location for a new tailings storage facility for Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) US$1.4 billion Pueblo Viejo gold mine expansion…
Civil claim filed against junior miner Pure Gold in BC Supreme Court
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR) has been named in a civil claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court for allegedly failing to disclose information relating to its operations…
Analysts adjust higher metal price assumptions on Russia-Ukraine conflict
Several analysts have adjusted higher their metal price assumptions for 2022 as the February Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, wreaking havoc on global metals and mineral supply chains. Moody’s…
Kinross to post first resource for Great Bear in 2022, with prefeasibility study to follow
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is aiming to report an initial inferred resource for its recently acquired Great Bear (Dixie) project in Red Lake, Ont., by the end of…
First Larkin Zone resource boosts Beta Hunt gold inventory for Karora
With the addition of a first resource for the Larkin Zone at its Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia, Karora Resources (TSX: KRR; US-OTC: KRRGF) has increased its measured and…
Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June
Colombia plans to hold two bidding rounds — one for gold and one for coal exploration contracts — before the end of June, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen…
Ambler Metals’ suspended access road permits in legal limbo
A judge of the Federal District of Alaska is expected to render a decision soon in a dispute regarding the development of a 340-km, east-west-running controlled industrial access road that…
Westhaven drills highest ever intercept (37 g/t Au and 215 g/t Ag) at Shovelnose
Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN) has released new results from ongoing drilling at its wholly owned Shovelnose gold project. Covering 76.2 sq. km, Shovelnose is the largest of the company’s four properties…
Probe Metals expands Monique gold deposit ahead of 2023 Val-d’Or East prefeasibility
As it works towards a 2023 prefeasibility study for its Val-d’Or East gold project in Quebec, Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) has announced the last set of results from…