Major Newmont mine Cadia halted after quake: report
Underground operations at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM) Cadia gold mine in Australia -– one of the country’s largest mining operations — have been suspended for the second time in nine…
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St Barbara’s Nova Scotia gold hub gets green light
Australia’s St Barbara (ASX: SBM) has advanced plans for its Nova Scotia gold development after federal assessment regulators accepted the initial project description for the proposed 15-Mile Processing Hub, launching…
Endeavour Silver hints at mine-life extension in Mexico
New drilling by Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) at its Terronera silver and gold operation in west-central Mexico produced high-grade results that highlight exploration potential beyond the existing mine…
How an odd vision sparked South Africa’s latest zama zama illegal gold mining rush
A farm lying beside tailings from historical gold mines near Johannesburg has joined the legion of illegal mining sites in South Africa in an unusual way. It began with a…
Podcast: Gold bull market still intact, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian
This week’s episode features CPM Group Managing Partner Jeffrey Christian in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Christian discusses the outlook for gold, currencies, and energy markets, explaining why he says…
Switzerland loses its shine as central bank gold vault
While central banks worldwide continue to buy more gold, they’re increasingly not selling dollars to do it while cutting the amount they store in once-favoured Switzerland. After banks were net…
Montage Gold boosts Koné resources by 58%
A resource update for Montage Gold’s (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) main Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire has expanded total contained gold by almost 58% and grades by 24% over the…
AbraSilver’s copper-gold results suggest district scale potential at La Coipita
AbraSilver Resource (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) has drilled its best hole yet at La Coipita in Argentina, honing a Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK)-funded copper growth story beside…
China’s gold market cools amid ETF outflows: report
China’s gold market cooled in May as weaker prices, robust equity markets and soft jewelry demand weighed on investment activity, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Chinese gold exchange-traded…
Avanti Gold’s Misisi project celebrates 10 years on CSE
Investors and Avanti Gold (CSE: AGC; US-OTC: AVTGF) management this week marked 10 years of its Misisi project being held by a succession of Canadian listed entities. Misisi is…
Silver stockpile drawdown risk is misunderstood
Silver inventories at the world’s two largest bullion trading hubs have fallen sharply from pandemic-era peaks, underscoring a sustained drawdown in visible stocks even as definitions of available supply diverge…
Blast from the Past: Hunt brothers’ fateful silver gamble
Texas oil heirs Nelson Bunker and William Herbert, known as the Hunt brothers, in the 1970s started collecting piles of physical silver stock and futures contracts. Distrustful of paper money…