Brazil dismantles illegal mines in the Amazon
In an operation that lasted a couple of days and that involved four airplanes, police officials, forest rangers and the National Guard,...
Torex sets record gold and mine production in Q3
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) set a new record for gold production in 2018’s third quarter. The company produced 100,346 oz. gold...
Maduro blasts new US sanctions on Venezuelan gold
This week, the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, announced that President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that forbids...
Alrosa kicks off mining at new diamond field in Siberia
World’s top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) said Wednesday it had begun production at its new Verkhne-Munskoye diamond field...
Canada injects C$5m into Goldcorp’s Borden mine as price for innovation
Canada’s Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) received Monday C$5 million (about $3.8m) from the Canadian government for its Borden gold project,...
Mining at Gold Road and Gold Fields JV in Australia to start next month
Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could...
Unloved gold sector regains shine with mergers, price spike
Merger and acquisitions in the precious metals sector are gaining momentum following Barrick’s recently announced $6.1 billion-deal to...
RNC Minerals recovers giant gold slab from its mine in Australia
Canada’s RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX), the company that last month unearthed more than 9,000 ounces of high-grade gold from a single blast at...
IDM’s Red Mountain gold project gets provincial approval
Canada’s IDM Mining (TSX-V:IDM), one of the several companies developing projects in British Columbia’s prolific Golden Triangle, was...
Great Panther acquires Brazil gold miner for $105 million
Great Panther Silver (NYSE: GPL) acquired Brazilian gold miner Beadell Resource in an all-share deal for $105 million. The combined...