Former Barrick mine in Tanzania now hosts new airport terminal
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has handed the government of Tanzania a new airport terminal built at the closed Buzwagi gold mine, in the country’s north, which paves the way for…
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Barrick denies meeting First Quantum in Panama
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has refuted a report from a Canadian newspaper saying that one of the gold miner’s executives had met with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM)…
‘Vultures’ look to harvest Danakali’s cash after Eritrean potash deal
Danakali (ASX: DNK) warned shareholders on Friday of “predatory activity” by unidentified groups currently approaching investors with “vulture” offers for their stakes in the company, seeking to pay as little…
Fortuna sees record gold production, but faces silver decline, higher costs
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is coming off a record year of gold production across its five operating mines, driven mainly by the Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire…
Uganda grants ASX-listed Ionic licence to mine rare earths
Australia’s Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) said on Thursday the government of Uganda had granted it a mining licence for the Makuutu heavy rare earths project in the East Africa nation. The…
Lotus Resources eyes 2025 Malawi uranium mine restart
Australia-based Lotus Resources (ASX: LOT; US-OTC: LTSRF) is on track to revive the mothballed Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi by late 2025 while it works to tap into the longer…
Montage hikes Koné gold project economics in Africa
Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) plans to start building its US$712 million Koné gold project in Côte d’Ivoire late this year after an updated feasibility study nearly doubled its net…
TNM Drill Down: Apollo rises at Collective Mining’s Guayabales project
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Dec. 29- Jan. 12. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by data provider…
Centamin propels modern mining rules in Egypt
Centamin (TSX: CEE; LSE: CEY) has helped Egypt develop a new mining law due for passage within weeks as it seeks to expand the Sukari gold mine in the ancient land’s…
Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies hunting for green technology metals
Green metals are critical to new decarbonization technologies including lithium-ion batteries, electric and hybrid vehicles, while rising demand for nuclear energy projects is spurring the increase in uranium prices. Here…
At Saudi Arabia’s Future Minerals Forum, the buzz word is partnership
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Mark Bristow and Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Mark Cutifani like Saudi Arabia’s plan to be a regional financial partnership hub because others racing to develop…
Exclusive: Ivanhoe’s Congo copper is what everyone’s after, Cloete says
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) receives a constant stream of peers keen on learning its secrets of success in the Democratic Republic of Congo but it won’t sign a partnership deal…