First Majestic stock plunges on Jerritt Canyon suspension
First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) is taking action to reduce overall costs by temporarily suspending all mining activities and reducing its workforce at the Jerritt Canyon gold mine…
Gold
Thor Explorations more than doubles resource at Senegal gold project
New figures showing more than twice the potential gold in Thor Explorations‘ (TSXV: THX; LSE: THX) Douta project in Senegal means “greater confidence” it will be the company’s second mine…
Golden Minerals posts first resource for Yoquivo silver-gold project in Mexico
Golden Minerals Co. (TSX: AUMN; NYSE-AM: AUMN), has released an initial resource estimate for its Yoquivo silver-gold project, in northwest Chihuahua state, Mexico. The project hosts an inferred resource of…
Peru exploration in 2023 focused on copper, gold and zinc
The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) announced that 2023 will see the development of 74 mining projects across 17 departments in the country for a total investment of…
PDAC: Facing the challenges of mine decarbonization
The mining industry’s decarbonization journey is more akin to a twisting trail race than a straight road race, with uphill efforts, sharp turns and obstacles en route, miners said during…
Gold juniors Trillium and Pacton to combine forces in Red Lake
A merger of Trillium Gold (TSXV: TGM; US-OTC: TGLDF) and Pacton Gold (TSXV: PAC; US-OTC: PACXF) will create an explorer with over 15 projects spanning 1,260 sq. km in the…
The largest gold producer you’ve never heard of is growing
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Co., the world’s fourth-largest gold company by output, plans to start another mine in its Uzbekistani homeland this year while intending to go public eventually with…
Newmont to study direct air carbon capture in its tailings
Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has partnered with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study a new approach for direct air sequestering of carbon in mine tailings. The…
Roscan hits milestone with environmental permit for Kandiole in Mali
Mali has granted an environmental permit for Roscan Gold’s (TSXV: ROS; US-OTC: RGCF) Kandiole project—the penultimate step that precedes securing a final mining licence, the company reports. CEO Nana Sangmuah…
Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti agree to terms for JV in Ghana
A proposed joint venture between Gold Fields’ (NYSE: GFI) Tarkwa and AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU) Iduapriem mines in Ghana would create Africa’s largest gold mine and one of the world’s…
New Found Gold soars on new drill results from Iceberg discovery
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG, NYSE-AM: NFGC) has added vertical dimension to the new Iceberg discovery at its 100%-owned Queensway project in Newfoundland with a high-grade intercept of 49.7 grams…
TNM Drill Down: Great Boulder leads week’s top gold assays with Side Well in Australia
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company…