Barrick takes Porgera dispute to PNG Supreme Court
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) will take a dispute over mining rights for the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to the country’s Supreme Court after a…
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Scorpio options Mineral Ridge property to Titan for $35M
Scorpio Gold (TSXV: SGN) has granted an option to Titan Mining (TSX: TI) to earn an 80% interest in the Mineral Ridge property in Nevada. The terms of the agreement…
Troilus Gold study envisions open pit and underground mine in Quebec
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Troilus Gold’s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) namesake project in Quebec has outlined a 22-year, 35,000-tonne-per-day open pit and underground mine, with the 9,000 tonne-per-day…
Premier Gold updates Getchell resource in Nevada
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has released an updated resource for the Getchell gold project in Nevada. Last month, the company announced a definitive purchase agreement for the…
AngloGold, Barrick to sell 80% of Morila mine in Mali
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) and partner Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) are selling their 80% stake in Mali’s Morila gold mine amid political uncertainty in the country following a…
Unigold upgrades resource, launches $5M exploration program at Candelones
Unigold (TSXV: UGD) has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for the Candelones oxide project on the company’s flagship Neita concession, a 226-sq.-km land package located in the province of…
Ecuador court rejects INV Metals’ referendum request on Loma Larga
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has struck down a request for a referendum on mining activities at INV Metal’s (TSX: INV) Loma Larga underground mine project in Azuay province’s Cuenca canton, the…
Nighthawk Gold expands drill program at Indin Lake
After closing a $12-million private placement in August, Nighthawk Gold (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) is looking to triple the metres drilled at its Indin Lake gold project in Canada’s Northwest…
Aurelius reports near-surface gold in Nova Scotia
Aurelius Minerals (TSXV: AUL) has released assay results for three holes completed within the Aureus West portion of its wholly owned 16.8-sq.-km Aureus gold project in Nova Scotia, 150 km…
GFG Resources to drill high-grade gold targets at Pen
GFG Resources (TSXV: GFG; US-OTC: GFGSF) has begun this year’s second-phase, 8,500-metre drill program at the 475-sq.-km Pen project, 40 km west of the Timmins gold district in Ontario. The…
PNG grants Porgera lease to state-backed miner: report
Canada’s Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) said it would challenge the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government’s reported move to grant a 20-year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a…
Coronavirus outbreak mutes outlook at OceanaGold’s Haile mine in South Carolina
OceanaGold (TSX, ASX: OGC) said that the outlook at its Haile gold mine in South Carolina is “uncertain” after 18 staff members tested positive for Covid-19 since June. According to…