Gold Fields completes Osisko buy for ownership of Windfall
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) said on Monday it had completed the $2.2-billion acquisition of Osisko Mining, which makes it the sole owner of the Windfall project…
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Agnico Eagle takes 13% stake in ATEX Resources
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) has taken a 13% stake in copper-gold explorer ATEX Resources (TSXV: ATX) with an investment totalling $55 million, which the latter will use…
IsoEnergy and Purepoint Uranium partner up to explore Larocque trend in Saskatchewan
IsoEnergy (TSX: ISO) and Purepoint Uranium (TSXV: PTU) have formed a 60%-40% joint venture to explore and develop uranium properties in Saskatchewan’s eastern Athabasca Basin, covering over 980 sq. km….
NexGold, Signal Gold merger aims to create 200,000 oz per year producer
NexGold Mining (TSXV: NEXG; US-OTC: NXGCF) and Signal Gold (TSX: SGNL; US-OTC: SGNLF) have agreed to merge and create a new Canadian gold developer with a combined resource base of…
Sibanye liable to pay Appian damages for scrapped mine deals
Private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory has scored a big win after the U.K. top court ruled that Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) had to pay the London-based investment firm…
Rio’s US$6.7B Arcadium bid is its largest since 2007
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) plans to acquire Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM) in an all-cash deal valued at US$6.7 billion, the Anglo-Australian giant confirmed on…
Americas Gold and Silver buys out JV partner Sprott at Galena complex in Idaho
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-AM: USAS) has agreed to buy out its 40% joint-venture partner — an affiliate of Canadian mining investor Eric Sprott — in its producing…
Rio Tinto confirms talks to buy Arcadium Lithium — but not the price
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has made an approach to buy Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM), the two sides confirmed on Monday, following market speculation over…
Power Metal nets $17.8M for uranium drilling JV in Saskatchewan
Power Metal Resources’ (LSE: POW; US-OTC: POWMF) gained 3.3% on Monday after it announced a £10 million ($17.8 million) investment from London-based UCAM for a joint venture to drill for…
NEO Battery Materials stock soars as it partners with unnamed chemicals firm
Shares of NEO Battery Materials (TSXV: NBM; US-OTC: NBMFF) surged on Monday after the company announced a partnership with a multinational chemical materials company for the development of silicon-based anode…
Lucara sells Clara diamond sales platform to HRA and former CEO Eira Thomas
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) is selling its Clara rough diamond sales platform to its original founders, a group led by the HRA Group of companies and Lucara founder and former…
Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout chatter
Shares in a handful of lithium players gained Friday after speculation in the daily publication The Australian that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) might bid to buy…