Mawson and Southern Cross getting back together
Mawson Gold (TSXV: MAW) and Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG) agreed to merge this week, creating a new dual ASX and TSXV-listed company named Southern Cross Gold after Mawson spun…
Precious Metals
Snapshot: Eight companies advancing projects in BC, the Prairies and the Far North
Canada is one of the best-endowed countries on Earth when it comes to minerals and has the skilled workforce needed to extract them. Here’s a look at eight companies active…
World Bank tribunal rules against Canada’s Montauk in dispute with Colombia
A World Bank tribunal has ruled in favour of Colombia in a feud with Canada’s Montauk Metals (TSXV: MTK). A mining ban imposed by the Gustavo Petro administration on the…
Nigerian illegal mine collapse kills 20
Heavy rains caused an open-pit mine collapse in Nigeria that killed at least 20 people and trapped 14 others, according to local Channels Television, which cited police. Rescuers were hampered…
Firms track Congo gold with blockchain
Two companies are partnering to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo using a blockchain-based platform. Society Artisanal, a company that works with artisanal mining cooperatives, has joined with…
Gemfields studies 2 grams-a-tonne gold in Mozambique
Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML), known by its emeralds and rubies, has produced its first resource estimate for the Nairoto gold project in Mozambique showing high grade from a…
Maritime’s Hammerdown set for re-start decision
Maritime Resources TSXV: MAE; US-OTC: MRTMF) says it has all major permits to restart the former Hammerdown gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company has completed clean up at…
B2Gold nets US$90M stake in Versamet after royalty package sale
Canadian gold major B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) has agreed to sell a portfolio of 10 precious and base metals revenue shares to Sandbox Royalties, to be renamed Versamet Royalties,…
Atlantic Mining sees Touquoy mine as green energy hub
Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia, a subsidiary of St Barbara (ASX: SBM), has kicked off a program to explore the feasibility of converting the now closed Touquoy gold mine in Moose…
JV Article: G2 Goldfields set for meteoric growth in heart of regional M&A boom
G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) updated its resource for the OKO-Aremu project in Guyana in April and plans to do so again by year’s end to reflect the increase in contained…
Lion One’s Tuvatu starts full-scale mining as drills hit bonanza Fiji gold
South Pacific-focused Lion One Metals (TSXV: LIO) has kicked off production at the Tuvatu gold project in western Fiji. It also reported a bonanza drill intercept in Zone 5, where…
Underground protest ends at Sibanye in South Africa
An underground sit-in at Sibanye-Stillwater‘s (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) Kroondal platinum operations in South Africa in its Kwezi shaft has ended, the company said, with all employees leaving the mine safely…