Victoria Gold begins commercial production at Eagle
Victoria Gold’s (TSX: VGCX) Eagle gold mine in central Yukon reached the commercial production milestone on Canada Day. As of July 1, all of the facilities required for this stage…
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Eastmain restarts exploration at Quebec properties
Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) has resumed exploration across its three properties in Quebec’s James Bay region. The company will focus on expanding the existing Eau Claire deposit at…
Gran Colombia funds Caldas Gold’s Juby acquisition
Colombia-focused Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has invested $14 million in a private placement in its recent spinoff, Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC), to fund the acquisition of a…
Arizona Metals hits massive sulphide at Kay mine
Drilling has intersected massive sulphide mineralization at the South zone of Arizona Metals’ (TSXV: AMC) Kay mine property, 69 km north of Phoenix and adjacent to Black Canyon City in…
Azimut expands drill program at Elmer gold project
Having completed its originally planned 6,000-metre, 30-hole drill program at its wholly owned Elmer gold project, Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM) is expanding the campaign to 10,000 metres to continue drilling…
Trevali suspends Santander mine after 19 workers test positive for coronavirus
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has suspended operations at its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru after 19 workers tested positive for the Covid-19. Trevali said the workers were asymptomatic…
Iamgold weighs construction decision at Cote in Ontario
Iamgold‘s (TSX: IMG) 70%-owned Côté gold project in northern Ontario has received a key federal permitting approval, taking it one step closer to a construction decision. The approval, under the…
Rio Tinto shifts responsibility for coal power plant at Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has reached an agreement with Mongolia regarding the construction of a power plant to supply the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine, located…
Rupert Resources extends gold mineralization at Pahtavaara in Finland
Rupert Resources (TSXV: RUP) has reported two new drill results from its recently discovered Ikkari target at its wholly owned Pahtavaara gold project, located in northern Finland’s Central Lapland Greenstone…
Codelco shuts Chuquicamata operation over coronavirus fears
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s No. 1 copper producer, has closed its Chuquicamata smelter and refinery to prevent a further spread of Covid-19 among its staff, following the death of a…
GoldMining creates royalty subsidiary
GoldMining (TSX: GOLD; US-OTC: GLDLF) has created a wholly owned royalty company – Gold Royalty – with a portfolio of 14 newly created royalties on GoldMining’s gold assets in the…
Harmony Gold raises US$200M to buy AngloGold assets
Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) said on Thursday it had raised $200 million from a planned shares placement to partly fund its acquisition of rival AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU) assets in…