Kinross solidifies plans at Tasiast, Round Mountain
VANCOUVER — Canadian producer Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has outlined a path forward for two gold operations that it hopes will grow the company over the next decade. On…
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Teranga delivers Banfora feasibility
Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ) has produced more than 1.2 million oz. gold from its Sabodala mine in Senegal since 2009, and expects its flagship operation will produce another 1 million…
US markets post marginal gains, Aug. 21-25
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.64% to 21,813.67 and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.72% to 2,443.05. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index increased 2.29% to 85.82. Freeport-McMoRan was…
Nevsun halves Bisha mine life, revises Timok study plans
Newly appointed CEO Peter Kukielski hasn’t wasted time putting his imprint on Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU). The Stanford University-educated civil engineer, who joined the company in May, is…
Editorial: Terrorist attacks plague Burkina Faso
This week has been a particularly bloody one for sub-Saharan, West Africa mining nations, with major terrorist attacks on targets a day apart in Burkina Faso and Mali. In Burkina…
First Quantum defends copper hedging amid rising prices
VANCOUVER — First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; LON: FQM) met expectations during the second quarter by most production metrics, but a copper-hedging program from two years ago has held back its…
Asanko Gold revises guidance, shares tumble
Ten days after Asanko Gold (TSX: AKG; NYSE-MKT: AKG) said it was keeping its 2017 production guidance for its gold mine in Ghana at 230,000 to 240,000 oz. gold, the…
Sprott Conference: Friedland pitches metals used in EVs
VANCOUVER — The electric vehicle revolution is accelerating, and it will inevitably change the orientation of the mining industry, Robert Friedland, executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, argued during a presentation…
Commentary: One theory on the root of Acacia’s troubles in Tanzania
Long-simmering resource nationalism in Tanzania heated up this March with a sudden export ban on ore concentrates by Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who said that “based on the information that…
Editorial: Barrick’s Acacia, Tanzanian gov’t stay on collision course
The months-long showdown between Barrick Gold’s 63.9%-owned subsidiary Acacia Mining and the Tanzanian government heated up in the last days of July, with Acacia reporting that one of its senior…
Roxgold grows Bagassi South resource in Burkina Faso
Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has improved grades by 37% and the resource size by 14% at its Bagassi South satellite gold deposit in Burkina Faso. Bagassi South is 1.8…
Top 10 Canadian base metal explorers and developers
The Northern Miner used the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine to determine the top-10 largest base metal companies headquartered in Canada that have non-producing assets. The list is…