Gold production growth will average 2.5% annually from 2020-2029: Fitch
A new report by Fitch Solutions forecasts that global gold production will increase from 106 million oz. in 2020 to 133 million oz. by 2029, for an average annual growth…
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Scorpio options Mineral Ridge property to Titan for $35M
Scorpio Gold (TSXV: SGN) has granted an option to Titan Mining (TSX: TI) to earn an 80% interest in the Mineral Ridge property in Nevada. The terms of the agreement…
Premier Gold updates Getchell resource in Nevada
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has released an updated resource for the Getchell gold project in Nevada. Last month, the company announced a definitive purchase agreement for the…
New management brings ‘modern thinking’ to environmentally-challenged Bunker Hill Mine
For over a century, the mines of Silver Valley in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains in northern Idaho have been a source of tremendous mineral wealth. From the mid-1880s, those mines…
Coronavirus outbreak mutes outlook at OceanaGold’s Haile mine in South Carolina
OceanaGold (TSX, ASX: OGC) said that the outlook at its Haile gold mine in South Carolina is “uncertain” after 18 staff members tested positive for Covid-19 since June. According to…
Northern Dynasty’s stock craters on Trump media reports
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has ordered Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM) to craft a plan that would mitigate environmental impacts of its proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine in…
Nomad Royalty grows portfolio with US$45.8M Coral Gold acquisition
Nomad Royalty (TSX: NSR; US:OTC: NSRXF) has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire Coral Gold (TSXV: CLH; US-OTC: CLHRF) in a cash and share deal valued at US$45.8…
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…
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%…
Commentary: Coal mining ends in England, but Earth Overshoot Day points way forward
It has been a difficult week for English mining engineers. A coal open pit closed in Durham on the same day (Aug. 17) as a thought-provoking press release by Global…
Americas Gold and Silver hits high-grade silver at Galena complex
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA) has announced drill results from two holes at its Galena complex in the Silver Valley of northwest Idaho, 3 km west of Wallace in…
Silver One updates resource for past-producing Candelaria mine
Silver One Resources (TSXV: SVE; US-OTC: SLVRF) has released an updated resource estimate for the heap leach pads at its Candelaria project, 209 km southeast of Reno, Nevada. Indicated resources…