Mali seeks US$500M from Barrick for past taxes, dividends: Reuters
Authorities in Mali briefly detained four Malian staff members working for Barrick last month.
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Gold majors vow not to repeat decadent spending of a decade ago
As gold prices hit record highs, industry executives are hoping they can convince investors – who haven’t yet piled into gold mining stocks – that they’ll put their cash to…
Barrick negotiates with Mali junta as it arrests four
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said it was negotiating financial terms with the Malian government after authorities arrested four employees of its Loulo-Gounkoto mine. “Details of the agreement, based in…
Vale considers listing base metals business in late 2026
Speaking at the FT Mining Summit, chairman Mark Cutifani said Vale Base Metals could be valued at $40 billion.
Why choose stocks with large undeveloped deposits?
Before I became a mining analyst and editor at Fat Tail Investment Research in Melbourne, I worked as a geologist in the mining industry. But in all my time writing to…
Kodal Minerals may delay Mali’s first lithium
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) has flagged a possible delay in production from its Bougouni lithium project in southern Mali to early 2025 from the originally scheduled fourth quarter this year. …
Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…
Midnight Sun solves Zambian licence error
Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) says the Zambian government admits making a mistake in June when it posted the rejection of an exploration licence renewal for the company’s main Solwezi copper…
B2Gold shares rise amid deal with Mali on Fekola mine
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has reached agreement with the government of Mali to resolve all issues surrounding the Fekola mine complex and related projects in light of the application…
AngloGold Ashanti to buy Centamin for US$2.5 billion
Deal hands AngloGold Egypt’s largest and first modern gold mine, and will make it the world’s no.4 producer of the precious metal.
Great Bear PEA suggests multi-decade Kinross gold mine in Ontario
When Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) bought the Great Bear project in northern Ontario’s prolific Red Lake district two and a half years ago, its thinking was to acquire…