Centerra buys 9.9% of Liberty to expand Idaho bet
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG, NYSE: CGAU) agreed to buy 9.9% of Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD; US-OTC: LGDTF) for about $28 million to add a stake in a junior miner that’s…
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Aurion books high-grade gold in northern Finland
Aurion Resources (TSX-V: AU; US-OTC: AIRRF) cut a highlight result of more than 32 metres grading 4.42 grams gold per tonne at its Risti property in northern Finland. That result,…
Orla cuts output target after Mexico wall slide
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) said it will produce about 5% less gold than planned this year at higher costs after deferring some production following last month’s pit-wall failure at the…
B2Gold starts underground mining at Fekola in Mali
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) said it began underground production at its flagship Fekola mine in Mali immediately after receiving approval from the government. The stock rose. The approval, which took effect…
Northern Superior logs high-grade gold in Quebec
Northern Superior Resources (TSX-V: SUP; US-OTC: NSUPF) cut a highlight result of 9.1 metres grading 11.99 grams gold per tonne at its Philibert property in Quebec. The stock jumped. That…
Omai books high grades at Guyana’s Wenot deposit
New drilling at Omai Gold Mines’ (TSX-V: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) Wenot deposit in Guyana encountered wide zones of high-grade mineralization, the company said. Hole 25ODD-119 cut 7.5 metres at 31.7…
McEwen to buy Canadian Gold for $73M
Canadian miner McEwen (TSX, NYSE: MUX) agreed to buy smaller rival Canadian Gold (TSX-V: CGC) to add the mothballed Tartan mine in Manitoba and exploration properties in Ontario and Quebec….
Equinox bonanza drilling may expand Nicaragua assets
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-AM: EQX) said new drilling at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua yielded the highest-grade gold mineralization discovered to date on the property. Highlight hole EL-TMR-25-036, which…
Onyx Gold expands drilling at Munro-Croesus
Onyx Gold (TSX-V: ONYX; US-OTC: ONXGF) said it’s more than doubling the current drill program at the Munro-Croesus gold project in Ontario after reporting high-grade results from five new holes….
Equinox promotes former Calibre executive to CEO
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-A: EQX) promoted chief operating officer Darren Hall to the post of CEO to replace founding shareholder Greg Smith, who is stepping down. Hall, a 40-year…
Torex books high-grade gold at EPO in Mexico
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) cut a highlight result of 20 metres grading 45.87 grams gold per tonne at its development-stage EPO underground deposit in southwest Mexico. That result, in hole…
Ecuador miners fight new inspection fee
Miners in Ecuador are seeking to block a new inspection fee that they say could bring early-stage exploration in the South American country to a standstill. President Daniel Noboa’s government…