Australia, NZ & South Pacific

New Guinea Gold prepares Vat 4 for leaching at its Sinivit gold mine, in Papua New Guinea. The office and camp can be seen in the background (top left).

New Guinea Gold tracks gold-rich oxide at Sinivit

Vancouver — At the producing Sinivit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, expansion drilling is returning high-grade gold oxide at surface and well-mineralized sulphide from just below for New Guinea Gold …








Editorial: It’s closin’ time

Mine closings and layoffs. Yes, with metal prices pulling back sharply this past half year, we’ve finally reached that painful inflection point in the commodity cycle where mine suspensions and closin…


Chinalco limited to 15% Rio Tinto stake

The Australian government has approved a maximum holding of 14.99% in the shares of Rio Tinto PLC( RTP-N, RIO-L) for Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco). The approval is subject to the conditions that …





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