Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources has signed a conditional binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA), confirming and setting out the key terms for the acquisition of the Kouroussa gold project, in Guinea, from Cassidy Gold. This follows the completion o…
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The deal, which would create West Africa’s top gold producer, is expected to close on or around July 1.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s main copper and cobalt-producing province halted trade in hand-dug minerals through June 29 in order to improve controls on the industry, amid concerns that Covid-19 could hit the mineral-rich region. Mines Minister W…
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From a $15-million World Bank fund to an experimental gold-buying project in Burkina Faso, development agencies are delivering financial aid to subsistence miners the Covid-19 pandemic has impoverished. World market prices of gold – viewed by investors…
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi won approval on Friday for his nominations to lead state mining company Gecamines, its chairman said, after they were held up by allies of Tshisekedi’s predecessor for over a year. The approval fr…
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TSX-listed nickel and copper miner and explorer Jervois Mining is planning to drill at its Kilembe area properties in western Uganda, to test a target with high-grade copper/gold rock chip samples and a coincidental gold in soil anomaly.
The CC target…
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Chile’s Codelco, the world’s No. 1 copper producer, has closed its Chuquicamata smelter and refinery to prevent a further spread of Covid-19 among its staff,…
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The Vancouver-based miner will focus on gold exploration in the southwest to central regions of the 3,400-hectare property.
Great Atlantic launches exploration campaign at Keymet property in New Brunswick Read More »
Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service says the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant deterioration in economic indicators and global growth forecasts, while hurting base metals demand. The agency says purchasing managers’ indexes (PMIs) in May re…
Moody’s says hope for base metals demand recovery lies largely in China Read More »
Griffon is an underexplored Carlin-type gold system that hasn’t been drilled since the 1990s.
Fremont Gold launches drill program at past-producing Griffon project Read More »
