VANCOUVER – Global gold production hit another record just shy of 109 million oz. in 2018, up more than 23 million oz. since the start of the decade. The ranks of the top producing companies stayed remarkably stable, but last…
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QUEBEC – Nouveau Monde Graphite, with offices in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Que., has raised $22 million for the next phase of work at its Matawinie graphite project 150 km north of Montreal. The funds will be used for the continuing operation of…
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NEVADA – Barrick Gold Corp. of Toronto and Newmont Goldcorp Corp. of Denver launched their new partnership on July 1, 2019, in this state. The joint venture (61.5% Barrick and 38.5% Newmont) will operate as Nevada Gold Mines LLC. The…
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NEVADA – Vancouver-based SSR Mining, formerly Silver Standard Resources, has expanded its landholding in Nevada, acquiring approximately 8,900 hectares contiguous to its Marigold mine, nearly doubling the mine’s land position to 19,800 hectares. The ne…
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Shares of Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) and Ur-Energy (TSX: URE) moved higher on a report from Bloomberg that the U.S. Department of Commerce is recommending that Washington take measures to protect domestic uranium production. The June 20 article, quoting t…
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NEVADA – Blackrock Gold announced that, together with its namesake U.S. subsidiary, it has entered into a purchase agreement for 20 mining claims directly adjacent to its Silver Cloud project in Elko County. Silver Cloud is a 4,537-hectare claim block…
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TORONTO – Cash rich and expansion mined, Kirkland Lake Gold has launched a new corporate initiative using VRIFY technology to make it easier to find potential investment opportunities. The gold deal room uses a VRIFY cloud-based platform. This is aR…
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PANAMA – First Quantum Minerals of Toronto said the first shipment of copper concentrate from the $6.3-billion Cobre Panama project has left port. The open pit mine and mill, located 120 km west of Panama City, is owned 90% by…
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CHILE – Orestone Mining has started exploration work on its Resguardo copper-gold porphyry project in northern Chile. In a press release, Orestone said that a geophysical contractor has been mobilized to conduct a 10 line-kilometre induced polarization…
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QUEBEC – Montreal’s Champion Iron must like the feasibility study done for the phase two expansion of its Bloom Lake iron mine 400 km north of Sept-Iles, near the town of Fermont. The after tax internal rate of return is…
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