Video: Gold hunt draws thousands as Yukon clue drops
More than 55,000 Canadians have joined The Northern Miner’s national treasure hunt, chasing around $1.3 million (US$940,000) in gold as the first regional prize lands in Dawson City, Yukon. Six…
Precious Metals
Newmont sells entire Orla stake for $439M
Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) has sold its 13% stake in Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) for $439 million (C$605 million), marking another step in its broader divestiture program aimed at…
Stibnite gold-antimony project OK’d for construction
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) can start building its $1.3-billion Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho next month after receiving a notice to proceed from the U.S. Forest Service on…
Perseus gets Côte d’Ivoire OK to build gold mine
Perseus Mining (ASX, TSX: PRU) said it’s received presidential approval to develop and operate Côte d’Ivoire’s first underground mine. Shares rose. Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara signed the decree authorizing…
Atico secures $158M protection for Ecuador project
Atico Mining (TSXV: ATY, US-OTC: ATCMF) has inked an investment protection agreement (IPA) with the government of Ecuador for its La Plata mining project as it enters the final stages…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold Fields CEO preps Canadian giant Windfall for output
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is approaching the production start of its Windfall underground mine in Quebec, the core of the South African miner’s strategy to focus on tier one…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold majors vow discipline
Colorado Springs , Colo. – A year of record bullion prices has the gold sector talking less about buying ounces in takeovers and more about finding them in their midst….
Mining Forum Americas: B2Gold open to M&A in 2026
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) is open to mergers and acquisitions but may hold off until next year, when management expects the market to assign greater value to its fully…
Osisko drilling hints at high-grade copper for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) said assays from six new drill holes at its Gaspé copper project in Quebec show the presence of a high-grade zone that bodes well for the…
Minera Alamos raises $135M to pay for Equinox assets
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) said it closed a C$135 million (US$98 million) equity financing that will help the company pay for three Nevada assets it’s in the process of buying…
Deutsche Bank lifts gold price forecast to $4,000
Deutsche Bank has raised its 2026 gold price forecast to $4,000 per oz., citing continued central bank demand, especially from China, a falling U.S. dollar, and rising uncertainty over Fed…
Barrick’s Fourmile targets 750,000 oz gold a year
Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its Fourmile project in Nevada has the potential to produce as much as 750,000 oz. of gold per year, positioning it as one of…