Columbus Gold broadens footprint in French Guiana
Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CGTFF) wants to become a dominant player in the fledgling gold mining industry in French Guiana, an overseas department of France on the northeast coast…
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St Barbara to acquire Atlantic Gold for $802M
Australian gold producer St Barbara (ASX: SBM) is acquiring 100% of Canadian gold producer Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) in a deal valued at $802 million. St Barbara’s offer represents a…
Metallurgical results lift Marathon Gold’s shares
Test results from Marathon Gold’s (TSX: MOZ) Leprechaun and Marathon deposits at the company’s Valentine Lake gold camp in Newfoundland and Labrador show they are amenable to heap leaching. Selected…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…
Iamgold on path to production at Saramacca in Suriname
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has announced that it plans to begin production at its Saramacca open-pit gold deposit in the second half of 2019. The mine is located 18…
Orvana squeaks out $3M profit in Q2
Toronto-based junior miner Orvana Minerals (TSX: ORV) posted a relatively strong fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2019, with good performance from its two operating mines: the Don Mario gold…
Equinox Gold pours first gold at Aurizona in Brazil
When Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) was formed in December 2017 as a three-way merger of Trek Mining, Newcastle Gold and Anfield Gold, it launched with a development asset…
Canadian Mining Symposium Snapshot: Presenters pursue riches on varied fronts
The Canadian mining industry and European investment community come together once again on May 22, 2019 for The Northern Miner’s third annual Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London,…
Monarch Gold buys Unigold shares
Quebec-focused Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) is taking a 14.2% stake in Unigold (TSXV: UGD), whose Nieta project in the Dominican Republic has an open-pit inferred resource of 39.49…
Avesoro grows Youga gold mine in Burkina Faso
Avesoro Resources (TSX: ASO; LON: ASO) has increased the mineral reserves at its Youga gold mine by 23% — extending the mine life of the Burkina Faso open-pit operation by…
Agnico Eagle sees continued promise in Quebec
High-profile investments by Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) in two new Nunavut gold operations will drastically alter the company’s production profile with the onset of commercial production later…
US markets mixed, April 29-May 3: Pretium, Cleveland Cliffs
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.15% to 26,504.95 and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.20% to 2,945.64. Spot gold lost US$7.40 per oz., or 0.60%, to finish at US$1,278.50…