Robex shifts focus to Guinea, aims for first gold in 2025
Robex Resources (TSXV: RBX), which has been producing gold at the Nampala mine in Mali since 2017, says the key to its goal of becoming a mid-tier West African producer…
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Lundin Gold lifts gold guidance, costs for Fruta del Norte
Canadian precious metals miner Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has revised up its gold production guidance for the Fruta del Norte (FDN) underground mine in southeast Ecuador. The company now expects to…
Centerra backs Dryden Gold with $3.4M for 9.9% stake
Ontario-focused Dryden Gold (TSXV: DRY; USOTC: DRYGF) received a boost on Tuesday after it said Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) will be taking up a 9.9% equity stake in…
London Symposium: Rule, Roosen call for smarter junior mining investment
“No one ever won the Kentucky Derby with the best jockey on a donkey,” Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) founder and CEO Sean Roosen told an industry event last…
Namib Minerals’ to debut on Nasdaq after US$500M deal for Zim gold mines
Namib Minerals is to become the next Nasdaq-listed gold miner after Africa’s largest-ever shell company acquisition, which concerns a mine and three past-producing projects in Zimbabwe. The proposed US$500-million merger with…
London Symposium: Beaty, McEwen, O’Toole urge mining firms to lead climate crisis fight
Sustainable mining must be the new normal to boost earnings and convince a skeptical public about the industry’s importance to combat global warming as the world enters a metals trade…
Torex Gold plunges after gas leak kills three at Mexican underground mine
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) says a fatal carbon monoxide gas leak at its El Limón Guajes (ELG) underground mine in Guerrero state, Mexico has claimed the lives of three…
Quebec appeals ruling that scuttles online mapping claims due to Indigenous rights
In many mining jurisdictions across Canada, exploration companies can go online to a government-maintained web portal and designate on a map the claims they wish to explore. By clicking and…
SSR to be 3rd-biggest US gold miner with Cripple Creek & Victor deal
The miner announced the acquisition of CC&V in Colorado from Newmont on Friday.
Wheaton strikes US$175M streaming deal for Ethiopia’s first commercial gold mine
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) has reached a streaming deal with Allied Gold (TSX: AAUC) for the Kurmuk gold project in western Ethiopia. Under the agreement, the Canadian…
Mali targets Barrick CEO for arrest as tax row escalates
Tensions between Mali and foreign miners ratcheted higher Thursday with the military backed government issuing an arrest warrant for Mark Bristow, the CEO of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD)….
London Symposium: How new tech and sustainability can transform mining
Green technologies and sustainability-focused project strategies are helping the industry address risks earlier and build longer-lasting community ties, a London industry event heard this week. Better technologies, integrating artisanal miners…