Angola joins race for De Beers slice
Angola’s state diamond company Endiama has formally submitted a bid for a minority stake in De Beers, intensifying the scramble for influence over the world’s largest diamond producer as Anglo American…
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Kinross Gold sells all of its Asante stock
Kinross Gold (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) has sold its entire shareholding in Asante Gold (TSXV: ASE) at a discount, without providing reasons for the divestment. Kinross sold about 36.9 million…
Aura achieves commercial production at Borborema
Aura Minerals (TSE: ORA; Nasdaq: AUGO) says it has achieved commercial production at its Borborema gold project, its third operating asset in Brazil and fifth globally. In a news release…
Nevada Lithium jumps on Korean extraction pact
Nevada Lithium Resources (TSXV: NVLH; US‑OTC: NVLHF) jumped as much as 32% by midday Wednesday after South Korea’s Hydro Lithium agreed to test patented extraction technology at the Bonnie Claire…
Appian sells royalty, streaming assets to Versamet
Mining advisory firm Appian Capital sold two royalty and streaming assets to Canada’s Versamet Royalties (TSXV: VMET) for up to US$170 million in cash, of which $125 million is paid…
Mining Forum Americas: Taiwan war could reshape metals – fast
Colorado Springs, Colo. – The “Trumponomics” playbook – 10% base tariffs, a weak-dollar tilt and rising great-power risk – points to more gold upside and a messy reroute of mining…
Fortune Bay’s Goldfields project value jumps
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; US-OTC: FTBYF) said an updated economic study for the company’s Goldfields project in Saskatchewan shows rising gold prices have resulted in a quadrupling of the past-producing…
Botswana wants De Beers control within weeks
Botswana is accelerating efforts to gain control of De Beers as parent company Anglo American (LSE: AAL) moves forward with plans to divest its 85% stake in the diamond giant,…
Newmont pours first gold at Ahafo North in Ghana
Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT; ASX: NEM) has poured first gold at its Ahafo North project in Ghana, marking a critical milestone toward commercial production in this year’s fourth quarter….
Video: Kodiak eyes complete MPD resource by year-end
Kodiak Copper (TSXV: KDK; US-OTC: KDKCF) aims to complete a full maiden resource at its MPD copper-gold project in southern British Columbia next quarter after publishing the first tranche in…
Podcast: ‘Tectonic shift’ as portfolios increase gold, ft Canaccord’s Currie
This week’s episode features Canaccord Genuity senior investment advisor Cam Currie in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on gold and silver stocks, the bond market, the dollar, and industrial metals….
Video: Stick to scale, grade, metallurgy, permits – exploration analyst
As record gold prices and mounting acquisitions flow money through the industry, economic geologist Brent Cook warns investors to follow basics: scale, grade, metallurgy and realistic permitting timelines. “What do…