Mali coup delays sale of Iamgold’s Sadiola gold mine
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has delayed the sale of its Sadiola gold mine in Mali, a joint venture with South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU), as the country reels from…
Gold
Ontario snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Ontario’s long-standing mining legacy, availability of geological data and established track record with mineral explorers, developers and producers, position it as a world-class destination for the industry. Below, we provide…
Sun Peak advances Shire polymetallic project in Ethiopia
David Daoud, vice president of exploration and geology at newly listed Sun Peak Metals (TSXV: PEAK), was part of the exploration teams that discovered the Bisha and Asmara gold deposits…
AngloGold told to keep headquarters in Johannesburg
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) will have to keep trading shares in South Africa to conclude the sale of its last remaining assets in the country to rival Harmony Gold (NYSE:…
Gold miners keep operating in Mali despite coup
Gold miners operating in Mali said they are continuing to operate while monitoring a political crisis that shut the country’s borders and hit share prices on Aug. 19. Malian President…
Trilogy completes feasibility on Arctic polymetallic project in Alaska
Trilogy Metals (TSX: TMQ; NYSE-AM: TMQ) has announced the results of a feasibility study on its 50%-held Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in northwestern Alaska’s Ambler mining district. The study suggests a…
Nexus Gold reports high-grade intercepts at McKenzie in Ontario
Most people know Nexus Gold (TSXV: NXS; US-OTC: NXXGF) from its portfolio of five gold projects in Burkina Faso, in particular its flagship near-surface Bouboulou orogenic gold deposit. But security risks in…
Rio Tinto cuts 2020 copper targets on Kennecott delay
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has cut its refined copper production target for fiscal 2020 due to delays in restarting a smelter at its Kennecott mine in Utah. The…
Battle North seeks $55M to fund development, pay debt
Battle North Gold (TSX: BNAU; US-OTC: BNAUF) (previously Rubicon Minerals) is raising $55 million in an upsized bought deal (from $45 million previously) co-led by Cormark Securities and Stifel GMP…
Kirkland Lake signs strategic alliance agreement with Newmont in Northern Ontario
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL, NYSE:KL) and Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) have signed a strategic alliance agreement to collaborate on exploration and development work in Northern Ontario. Under the terms…
Alaska Republican Party endorses Pebble mine plan
Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) shares jumped Aug. 19 after the company revealed that the Alaska Republican Party officially endorsed its proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine. The stock climbed almost 5%…
‘Better late than never’: Warren Buffett bets on gold
Warren Buffett has never been a big fan of gold. At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual general meeting in 2005, the billionaire investor said the precious metal “would be way down on…