Where is the missing Kumtor gold?
Canada’s Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) says the Kumtor mine the Kyrgyz government had expropriated in May has underperformed the 2021 mine plan for June through September by 24%….
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Barrick shifting into growth gear says CEO Mark Bristow
Since the merger of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Randgold Resources early in 2019, the new gold major appears to be completing a full circle under the leadership…
Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt
Australian diversified major Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has teamed up with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to hunt for critical minerals beneath the Continental Divide…
Site visit: Maple Gold moves the needle at Douay and Joutel in Quebec
AMOS, QUEBEC–Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) is building exploration momentum at its flagship Douay and Joutel projects in Quebec’s Abitibi gold belt, where it is working with Agnico…
First Labola resource underpins the making of a new regional explorer
Exploration and mine development company Diamond Fields Resources (TSXV: DFR) says a privately held company it intends to acquire has completed an initial resource estimate on the Labola gold project…
World Copper pursues low-cost oxide strategy
World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC: WCUFF) is making headway on developing compelling low-cost, oxide-resource-based copper projects in Chile and the United States, CEO Nolan Peterson told The Northern Miner in…
Silver Hammer aims at large-scale resource growth and near-term production
Shortly after mobilizing the first drill rig to its Silver Strand brownfields asset in Idaho, U.S., newly renamed Silver Hammer Mining (CSE: HAMR) is aiming at building a multi-asset silver-focused…
Barrick’s Tanzania ops on track
Barrick Gold‘s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Tanzanian mines, North Mara and Bulyanhulu, are said to be on track to achieve their respective 2021 production targets and to replace depleted reserves…
Weir Group cuts profit guidance following crippling cyberattack
Industrial pump maker Weir Group (LSE: WEIR) is reeling following a sophisticated cyberattack in the second half of September that forced it to isolate and shut down its core IT…
Friedland-backed Ivanhoe Electric funds South Voisey’s Bay survey
Mining magnate Robert Friedland is looking to make another potentially massive base metals discovery about 80 kilometres south of his famous Voisey’s Bay find from 1993. His privately held US-based…
Global Mining Symposium: B2Gold expects robust H2 performance on all metrics
Canada’s youngest senior gold producer, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; US-OTC: BTG), expects to report robust operating and financial metrics for the second half of 2021, the company’s VP for investor relations,…
Global Mining Symposium: Jeffrey Christian says capital formation constraints could ultimately stunt EV revolution
The rapid onset of the green energy revolution could be stunted by pervasive structural issues in the finance sector spilling over to mining. It hinders capital formation, especially for junior…