Barrick and Randgold to merge in US$18B deal
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) and Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD) have agreed to a share-for-share merger to create the New Barrick Group in a deal valued at…
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Three Continental Gold geologists killed in Colombia
Three exploration geologists working on Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) Berlin project in Colombia were killed during an attack on their residence in the middle of the night. The…
Rio Tinto announces share buy-back program
Rio Tinto (LON: RIO) says it plans to buy back shares worth about US$3.2 billion. The funds were generated from the sale of coal assets and a smelter. Rio has…
Wallbridge finds high-grade gold at Fenelon
Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM; US-OTC: WLBMF) is progressing its Fenelon gold project in northwestern Quebec through a 35,000-tonne bulk sample and an 8,000-metre underground drill program. The company says it…
Corvus tables maiden resource at Mother Lode
Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR; US-OTC: CORVF) has tabled a maiden resource estimate for its Mother Lode gold project in Nevada that incorporates all the results from its first two drill…
Northern Vertex becomes newest gold producer in US
Northern Vertex Mining Corp.’s (TSXV: NEE; US-OTC: NHVCF) open-pit heap leach Moss mine in Arizona has reached commercial production. The gold-silver mine is expected to produce an average of over…
Metals Commentary: Growth in tin usage weakens in 2018, ITA survey finds
The following is an edited release from the International Tin Association (ITA) regarding key findings from its 14th annual survey of tin users, which gathered data from tin users worldwide…
Velocity to earn 70% interest in Rozino gold project with new PEA
Velocity Minerals (TSXV: VLC; US-OTC: VLCJF) recently tabled a preliminary economic assessment for its Rozino gold project in southeast Bulgaria and as a result will soon earn a 70% in…
RNC doubles strike length at Beta Hunt discovery
The most recent development work at RNC Minerals ’ (TSX: RNX) Beta Hunt mine in Australia has found a 43 kilogram rock specimen containing an estimated 1,100 ounces of gold…
Orla boosts gold recoveries in Panama
Orla Mining (TSXV: OLA; US-OTC: ORRLF) has increased gold recoveries at its Cerro Quema gold project in Panama with results from new metallurgical column tests — part of a larger…
World needs graphite, Ontario projects need cash
There is roughly 20 times more graphite than there is lithium in a lithium-ion battery — a misnomer if ever there was one. Graphite is the anode material in lithium-ion…
Empire project in Idaho shows new mineralization
Step out drilling to the east and west of the current resource at the Empire mine project in Idaho has intercepted previously unknown mineralization, its owners Phoenix Global Mining (LON:…