TNM Drill Down: Musgrave hits bonanza grades at Cue
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from July 28 to Aug. 4. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
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Barrick prepares to restart Porgera gold mine in PNG
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) plans to restart operations at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) later this year, according to CEO Mark Bristow, while an…
Alamos feasibility reveals big reserves increase, capex required
An updated feasibility study on Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE; AGI) Lynn Lake project in Manitoba, Wednesday showed a big increase in reserves, but also a big increase in expected…
What’s driving gold miners’ copper craze?
Gold miners have never been more bullish. But not on gold — on copper. The red metal is one of the driving forces behind Newmont’s takeover of copper-rich fellow gold…
Site visit: Yukon gold duo McConnell and Christie helm Victoria, Banyan in surging Tombstone belt
John McConnell and Tara Christie are the Yukon mining power couple. The husband and wife are both presidents and CEOs of Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) and Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN;…
Hochschild granted key permit for Inmaculada mine in Peru
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) shares jumped 17% in London after the company announced the approval of a modified Environmental Impact Assessment for its flagship Inmaculada gold-silver mine in southern Peru….
Ecuador court halts referendums on mining, oil projects
Ecuador’s constitutional court has temporarily suspended President Guillermo Lasso’s decree allowing environmental consultations for mining and oil projects, which sought to speed up permitting before the end of his term…
NYSE gains July 24-28 as economic growth, declining inflation offset interest rate hike
U.S. markets rose moderately during the week after investors considered an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve to be near its last in the cycle while inflation fell and…
Serabi Gold shares jump on deal with Brazil Indigenous groups
Shares in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LSE: SRB) jumped in London on Monday after the Brazil-focused gold miner said it had inked an agreement with representatives of Indigenous communities confirming…
Bolivian Indigenous group declares local emergency as gold mining co-ops eye protected areas
The Indigenous Peoples of La Paz Central Group (CPILAP) issued a local state of emergency in the Bolivian department of La Paz following an attempt by gold mining cooperatives to…
Chile’s Supreme Court awards $1.4M to 31 of the 33 miners trapped in 2010
Chile’s Supreme Court awarded $1.4 million to 31 of the 33 miners that were trapped for two months, back in 2010, 700 metres below the surface in the San José…
Hudbay’s Snow Lake discovery could stretch mine life past 2038
The first discovery in a decade at Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Lalor mine in Snow Lake, Man., has given it a run at finding another anchor deposit to…