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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Gold stocks starting to outshine bullion: Canaccord report
Higher gold and silver prices are finally jump-starting the stock prices of the companies that mine the metals, Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets analysts said in a report this week. Equities…
Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge gains key permit, but legal and political risks loom
The United States’ Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Thursday approved Ioneer’s (ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in southwest Nevada, opening the door for closing US$1.19 billion in funding….
Li-FT secures mystery lithium investor
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF), which claims to have Canada’s third-largest maiden hard rock lithium resource, said this week that an unnamed investor is buying 9.99% of the company…
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…
BHP, Vale reach US$30B Fundão dam settlement
The collapse of the dam at an iron ore mine owned by Samarco killed 19 people.
Adriatic Metals gets green light for new dry-stack tailings facility
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT1) has received government approval to begin building a mining waste storage facility for its Vares silver mine at the Veovaca site in Bosnia…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Montage lands US$825M for new West Africa gold mine
Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has secured a financing package worth US$825 million to fund the construction of its flagship Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire. Shares gained 11.7%. The…
Barrick, Mali exchange shots in US$500M tax dispute
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) negotiations with Mali’s military government appear to have stumbled after both sides issued claims about a Sept. 30 preliminary agreement. The West African country’s…
Omai Gold fast-tracks Guyana drilling to speed resource update
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) has added a third drill rig at its namesake Guyana project as it aims to update the resource and the project’s preliminary economic…
NextSource ships first Madagascar graphite to global markets
Canada’s NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) has completed its first commercial shipments of graphite concentrate from its Molo mine in southern Madagascar, destined for Germany and the United States…