Canada clears Endeavour Mining-Semafo merger
Canadian regulators have given Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV) the go-ahead for the acquisition of smaller rival Semafo (TSX: SMF), which would create West Africa’s top gold producer. The Minister of…
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TSX drops, June 22-26
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.84% to 15,189.00 during the June 22-26 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 4.24% to 88.72, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
GoldMining creates royalty subsidiary
GoldMining (TSX: GOLD; US-OTC: GLDLF) has created a wholly owned royalty company – Gold Royalty – with a portfolio of 14 newly created royalties on GoldMining’s gold assets in the…
Video: CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian interviewed by MINING.com executive editor Frik Els at the Canadian Mining Symposium
MINING.com executive editor Frik Els interviews Jeffrey M. Christian, Managing Partner at CPM Group, at the 2020 Canadian Mining Symposium on Zoom.
Tanzanian Gold begins production at Buckreef
Tanzanian Gold (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) has produced commercial-grade gold for the first time from the oxide processing plant at its Buckreef gold project, south of Lake Victoria and 110…
Harmony Gold raises US$200M to buy AngloGold assets
Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) said on Thursday it had raised $200 million from a planned shares placement to partly fund its acquisition of rival AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU) assets in…
Riverside options Los Cuarentas gold-silver project to Hochschild
Riverside Resources (TSXV: RRI; US-OTC: RVSDF) has optioned its Los Cuarentas project, in Sonora, Mexico, to Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) in a deal that will see the major spend US$8…
Demand for EV raw materials to spike: report
The demand for raw materials used to manufacture rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) will grow rapidly as the importance of oil as a source of energy recedes, according to…
Alrosa halts operations after Covid-19 outbreak
Alrosa, the world’s top diamond producer by output, has idled its International underground mine for up to two weeks, after several employees tested positive for Covid-19. The Russian miner said…
Top 10 Canadian-headquartered base metal and uranium explorers
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors – with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company….
Pure Gold targets year-end production at Red Lake
Pure Gold Mining’s (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR) Red Lake mine is expected to pour first gold in the fourth quarter of this year as development progresses ahead of schedule. The…
Alexco receives key water permit for Keno Hill
Alexco Resource (TSX: AXU; NYSE-AM: AXU) has received a draft water licence from the Yukon Water Board for its Keno Hill silver operation, and is moving forward with plans to produce…