Bristow’s exit shakes up Barrick leadership
Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) shocked markets Monday with the abrupt resignation of president and CEO Mark Bristow, who departs after nearly seven years at the helm without explanation….
Copper
Newmont names Viljoen CEO as Palmer retires
Newmont (NYSE: NEM), the world’s largest gold miner, said Monday that CEO Tom Palmer will retire later this year, with chief operating officer Natascha Viljoen set to take over on…
Sterling surges on high-grade copper find in Ontario
Sterling Metals (TSXV: SAG, US-OTC: SAGGF) shares doubled after the Canadian explorer said it discovered a new high-grade copper zone at the past-producing Soo project in Ontario. Drill hole MEPS-25-02 cut…
Indonesia halts Grasberg to seek trapped workers
Indonesia’s government has reached an agreement with Freeport Indonesia to halt operations at the Grasberg mine to prioritize the search for workers trapped after a recent accident, Reuters reported, citing…
JV Video: Abitibi grows B26 copper-gold project
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) is pushing towards 80% ownership of the B26 copper-gold project in Quebec under its option with SOQUEM, a subsidiary of provincial corporation Investissement Quebec,…
Mining Forum Americas: Garofalo’s Gold Royalty the ‘envy of our peers’
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Gold Royalty (NYSE American: GROY) has started generating free cash flow and is focusing on Quebec’s Abitibi region for its next leg of growth, executive chairman…
Zijin becomes world’s No. 3 miner on $100B valuation
China’s Zijin Mining Group (HKG: 2899) has climbed past the $100 billion threshold in market capitalization for the first time, propelling it into the No. 3 spot globally, overtaking Glencore…
Foran’s McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper project could produce by around April
Foran Mining’s (TSX: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) construction progress at its McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper project in Saskatchewan is putting it on track to start commercial production by the middle of next…
Mining profits face nature-related threats: Barclays
Mining companies could see earnings drop by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said in a new report. The bank’s stress test, published in Navigating…
JV Video: Coppernico flags multi-kilometre copper targets at Sombrero
Coppernico Metals (TSX: COPR; US-OTC: CPPMF; FSE: 9I3) is refining drill targets in its Sombrero copper-gold district, located in southern Peru. Recent channel sampling in the Nioc area showed high-grade…
JV video: Yukon Metals CEO eyes ’multiple’ discoveries
Yukon Metals (CSE: YMC; US-OTC: YMMCF) is closing out its first full field season with assays pending from three fronts – the AZ copper, Birch gold-copper and Star River silver-gold…
Grasberg halt hikes copper; Freeport in ‘penalty box’
Copper climbed on Wednesday after Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) declared force majeure on contracted supplies from its Grasberg block cave mine in Indonesia, tightening an already firm market. Three-month copper traded…