Pandemic, inflation contribute to 90% cost rise at Iamgold’s Côté project
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has revealed a costs blowout at its massive Côté gold project in Ontario, with preliminary estimates from an ongoing risk…
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Artemis Gold inks $312M construction contract for Blackwater plant in BC
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) has moved closer to the start of construction at its Blackwater gold project in British Columbia with the award of a…
Unions set to intensify Sibanye-Stillwater strike on exec ‘wage wallop’
South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has resolved to push ahead with intensifying strike action at precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater’s (JSE: SSW;…
Deconstructing Ross Beaty: Exclusive interview at the Mining Legends Speaker Series
The Mining Legends Speaker Series kicked off with an inaugural in-person event in Vancouver featuring mining entrepreneur and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Ross…
Australian court okays MMG’s Tasmania tailings dam study to proceed
In what has been labelled a ‘pro-mining judgment against the environment’ by a non-governmental organization, Chinese-owned base metals producer MMG Inc. has won the right…
Sandstorm Gold buys two royalty firms for US$1.1B
Canada’s Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SAND; NYSE: SAND) is growing in scale and size with the acquisitions of one royalty company and an extensive package from…
Eldorado Gold to resume Skouries construction in H2
Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is aiming to resume construction at its Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece in the second half of…
Far North Snapshot: Eight companies venturing into the remote north for minerals
Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, the mineral potential…
Fosterville hits ‘strong’ gold grades from its first drill program at Providence in Australia
Drill results from Fosterville South Exploration’s (TSXV: FSX; US-OTC: FSXLF) initial 10-hole drill program at the Thompson Reef and the Prince of Wales Reef within…
Big Ridge continues to intersect gold at past-producing Hope Brook project
Big Ridge Gold (TSXV: BRAU; OTC: ALVLF) has released additional results from its 25,000-metre, Phase I exploration drill program at the Hope Brook project in…
Sitka Gold intercepts 62 metres of 1.21 g/t gold at RC project in Yukon
Sitka Gold (CSE: SIG; OTC: SITKF) has provided assay results of the first diamond drill holes completed during its 2022 winter exploration program at the district-scale…
Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225M deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in…