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By Cecilia Jamasmie Chaarat Gold Holdings (LON:CGH), the company trying to buy Centerra’s Kumtor mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, has increased the mineral resource for the Tulkubash oxide gold deposit at its Chaarat gold project by 46%, based on a new and simplified geologic model. The Central Asia-focused explorer and developer, which has been carrying […]

By Cecilia Jamasmie Precious metals miner Tahoe Resources’ (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) troubles with the communities in the countries in which operates seem far from over, especially after Guatemala’s highest court confirmed Monday the suspension of the company’s mining licence for its Escobal silver mine. The Constitutional Court’s ruling ordered the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM)

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Cash-strapped Eastern Goldfields (ASX: EGS) announced the temporary suspension of the Davyhurst gold operation, located 120 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia’s Goldfields-Esperance region. In an official statement, company director Campbell Baird said that the suspension is “prudent” and is part of Eastern Goldfields’ strategy to mitigate spending, following an

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) announced that, after gathering part of the funds it needs, it is on track to acquire the high-grade, 4.1Moz Pogo underground gold mine in Alaska. In detail, Northern Star was able to raise almost $1.3 million to help fund the acquisition of the operation, 85 per

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Venezuelan police for help in identifying the bodies of five workers that were killed in a gold mine in the southern Bolívar state. In an official statement, the Colombian Ministry explained that on August 26, 2018, a massacre took place in the town of Tumeremo.

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud If you don’t work in the field, you probably don’t know that once they collect information, geologists have to input data manually into data management software. But some mining companies don’t want their experts to do that anymore and developers are hearing them loud and clear. Down Under, students at the

By The Daily Gold – Jordan Roy-Byrne After a vicious selloff precious metals have stabilized. Its not a surprise given the breadth and sentiment extremes we noted and had predicted earlier. Although recent gains have met some resistance, the immediate path of least resistance should be higher. Let’s take a look at the key support

By Cecilia Jamasmie Precious metals miner Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO)(NYSE:TAHO) had to temporarily halt operations at its La Arena gold mine in Peru following the trespassing of about 100 protesters demanding compensation for alleged environmental impacts of the operation. The illegal action by the group, from a nearby community located about three km southwest of the

By Cecilia Jamasmie Shareholders in dual-listed Canadian miner Dalradian Resources (TSX:DNA) (LON:DALR), which is developing a large untapped gold deposit in a remote part of Northern Ireland, approved Friday the sale of the company to New York-based private equity group Orion Mine Finance. The deal, proposed two months ago, values Dalradian at Cdn$537 million (roughly

By Reuters DAKAR, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo rose 7.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to 597,249 tonnes and cobalt production jumped 37.6 percent to 52,491 tonnes, the central bank said on Thursday. Congo is Africa’s top copper producer and the world’s leading miner of cobalt,