AngloGold, Independence start up Tropicana in WA
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has brought its 70%-held Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia online — ahead of schedule and within budget.
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Inova’s board supports Chinese takeover bid
VANCOUVER — Inova Resources (TSX: IVA; ASX: IVA) — the Australian junior formerly named Ivanhoe Australia that is still majority owned by Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) — looks set to be acquired by…
Alacer says ‘hooroo’ to Australia
It is no secret that lower gold prices are making management teams leaner. But a lesser-discussed result of all the cost-cutting is that geographical diversification can also be lost.
Eurasian explores new gold region at Koonenberry
WHISTLER, B.C. — When it comes to project generators, there aren’t many companies with a global reach quite like Vancouver-based Eurasian Minerals (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-MKT: EMXX). The company is active across Europe, the Middle East and…
Ascot rises on renewed drill program at Premier
VANCOUVER – Two revamped option agreements have enabled Ascot Resources (TSXV: AOT) to go from being a cash-strapped company unable to explore of its projects to a well-funded junior with three drills pulling promising intercepts from its…
Goldstrike hits gold in three zones at Plateau South
VANCOUVER — After just 10 weeks of exploration at the Plateau South project, it is starting to look like Goldstrike Resources (TSXV: GSR; US-OTC: APRAF) made a good choice when it dropped 23 other Yukon gold properties to focus on its…
Torex tallies Media Luna resource in Guerrero
It’s been a busy few months in Mexico for Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG), which is advancing two projects on its Morelos property, a 290 sq. km landholding in Guerrero state.
Ian Ball takes the reins at McEwen Mining
Outside the tech industry, there aren’t too many sectors of the economy where you can find 31-year-old presidents of major companies, and certainly not in the field of mining, where the demographics in management are often skewed in the…
Editorial: Lack of QE tapering backstops gold price
Mid-September has been a busy time for the gold market.
Exeter downsizes Caspiche to cut costs
Exeter Resource (TSX: XRC) is considering building a smaller-scale operation at its Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile’s famed Maricunga gold belt to lower start-up costs compared to developing a super pit that was proposed in its…
Pilot Gold sees district-scale potential in Turkey, Nevada
VANCOUVER — Pilot Gold’s (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) large TV Tower property in Turkey has returned a stream of promising drill results over the past few months, including well-mineralized intercepts from the project’s silver…
New Dawn shuts Dalny mine in troubled Zimbabwe
Lower gold prices, operational problems and a two-year delay in approving its indigenization plan has resulted in a “serious liquidity problem” and the closure of its majority owned Dalny mine in Zimbabwe, New Dawn Mining (TSX: ND)…