Pure Gold becomes Canada’s newest gold producer
Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM; LSE: PUR; US-OTC: LRTNF) poured its first gold in the final week of 2020 at its PureGold mine in Red Lake, Ontario and the company…
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US markets slip, Dec. 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.57% to finish the trading week at 30,046.37 and the S&P 500 declined by 0.96% to 3,663.46. Spot gold dropped US$24.50 per oz., or…
Gold output to fall 1.7% in 2020 on shutdowns: report
The suspension of mining activities due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the second quarter of this year will result in a 1.7% decline in global gold production in 2020, says…
Mali coup delays sale of Iamgold’s Sadiola gold mine
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has delayed the sale of its Sadiola gold mine in Mali, a joint venture with South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU), as the country reels from…
AngloGold told to keep headquarters in Johannesburg
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) will have to keep trading shares in South Africa to conclude the sale of its last remaining assets in the country to rival Harmony Gold (NYSE:…
Gold miners keep operating in Mali despite coup
Gold miners operating in Mali said they are continuing to operate while monitoring a political crisis that shut the country’s borders and hit share prices on Aug. 19. Malian President…
Harmony Gold raises US$200M to buy AngloGold assets
Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) said on Thursday it had raised $200 million from a planned shares placement to partly fund its acquisition of rival AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU) assets in…
AngloGold Ashanti confirms 196 COVID-19 cases at Mponeng in South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has temporarily closed its Mponeng mine in South Africa after 196 workers tested positive for COVID-19. The company has conducted 651 tests since the first COVID-19…
Corvus Gold finds new zone below Mother Lode deposit
Corvus Gold (TSXV: KOR; US-OTC: CORVF) has discovered a new gold mineralized zone below the company’s Mother Lode deposit, located 165 km northwest of Las Vegas in the Walker Lane…
Resolute sells Ravenswood to focus on Africa
Resolute Mining (LSE: RSG) is selling its Ravenswood gold mine in Queensland — its only Australian asset — to private equity firm EMR Capital Management for US$207 million in cash….
Southwest US Snapshot: Precious metals, battery metals and uranium activity
In our annual overview of exploration and mining activity in the Southwestern U.S., we focus on eight companies active in the region. Precious metals appear to be the exploration target…
US markets up, Sept. 17-21
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 2.25% to 26,743.50 and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.85% to 2,929.67. New York spot gold increased 0.47% to US$1,198.70 per oz. gold. Rio…