The merger between Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources announced Sept. 25 is the most fascinating development in the gold-mining sector since 2006, when Barrick Gold took over rival Placer Dome…
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) and Randgold Resources (LON: RRS; NASDAQ: GOLD) have agreed to a share-for-share merger to create the New Barrick Group in a deal valued at…
Commodities giant Anglo American (LON: AAL) has applied for exploration concessions for base metals in Angola. “We believe there is geological potential in Angola and have noted with interest the…
There’s no better example of how unhinged the junior mining market can get than the last few releases in August from Toronto-based Desert Lion Energy in relation to its assets…
Canada’s benchmark index fell 1.06% to 16,090.27 during a shortened trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 4.3% to 62.70 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 2.9% to…
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE: NSU) has agreed to Zijin Mining’s (HGK: 2899) friendly take-over bid which values Nevsun at $6 per share or $1.86 billion. Nevsun shares jumped nearly…
Since its first gold pour at the end of June, Semafo’s (TSX: SMF) Boungou mine in Burkina Faso has produced more than 12,000 ounces of gold. The mine officially moved…
U.S. markets swung upward, as gold gained 1.7% to end the trading week at US$1,205.30. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 2.6% to 67.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
This episode takes a look at the junior graphite market, which is awakening from a five-year slumber as demand for graphite in the electric vehicle and grid storage sectors begins…
A Semafo (TSX: OMX) employee and a subcontractor are dead after armed bandits shot at a bus transporting the company’s workers 80 km from the town of Bobo-Dioulasso to the…
Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has posted an impairment charge of US$359 million in the first half of the year at its troubled South Deep mine in South Africa, which has…
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) is reporting the Malian government intends to buy an additional 10% stake in B2Gold’s Fekola gold mine in western Mali. Pursuant to Malian mining law,…
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