Mining Articles

SEMAFO and Savary Gold join forces to expand in Burkina Faso

Mar. 11, 2019, 7:17 AM / MINING.com Staff

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

SEMAFO and Savary Gold join forces to expand in Burkina Faso

Mar. 11, 2019, 7:17 AM / MINING.com Staff

SEMAFO (TSX: SMF) (OMX: SMF) and Savary Gold (TSX-V: SCA) announced today that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which SEMAFO will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Savary not already owned by it.In a press release, the companies explained that the transaction is being carried out by way of a three-cornered amalgamation, which will be vo...Read More

Seahawk Ventures Inc. (CSE:SHV US:SEHKF) is a gold exploration company and the second-largest landholder in the Abi...

Mon Mar 11 06:52:01 2019 / Staff reporter

"Seahawk Ventures Inc. (CSE:SHV US:SEHKF) is a gold exploration company and the second-largest landholder in the Abitibi greenstone belt's Urban-Barry gold camp in Quebec, Canada. For more info https://t.co/mxJ7lRMvAO @SeahawkVentures #exploration #gold #abitibi #investing #INN"Read full newsRead More

Southern Venezuela: A 'Gold Mine' for Organized Crime

Mon Mar 11 04:32:32 2019 / Staff reporter

Drug trafficking, battles between state forces and armed groups, extortion and illegal gold mining have transformed southern Venezuela into a region where citizens live in a parallel state ruled by organized crime. Read full newsRead More

Barrick gives up plans to acquire Newmont, will form Nevada JV instead

Mar. 11, 2019, 4:00 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) has officially dropped its hostile takeover offer for U.S. rival Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) in favour of a friendly deal to create a joint-venture that will combine the two companies' assets in Nevada.The world's two biggest gold miners have operated independently in Nevada for decades, but had been unable to reach an agreement on a way to co-operate unti...Read More

Brookings Says #China Overstated Size Of Its Economy By 12% | Zero Hedge

Mon Mar 11 03:54:45 2019 / Staff reporter

Read the report President Xi doesn't want you to see...Read full newsRead More

Newcrest grabs majority stake in Canadian copper-gold mine

Mar. 11, 2019, 2:50 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Newcrest grabs majority stake in Canadian copper-gold mine

Mar. 11, 2019, 2:50 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Heavy resistance at 1161 turns back INK Canadian Insider Index

Mon, 11/03/2019 2:29 am / Nicholas Winton

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. After enjoying a strong multi-week advance, the Index finally pulled back last week, shedding 22.4 points or 1.9% to close at 1135.41. MACD dropped 3.9 points to hit -5.37. Our near-term momentum indicator, RSI, which ended the previous week at an elevated reading of 75.05, then plunged...Read More

Gran Colombia's Segovia gold mine richer than thought

Mar. 11, 2019, 2:00 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM), the South American country's largest underground gold and silver producer, has increased the mineral resource and reserve estimate for its Segovia mine, located in the northwestern Antioquia mining district.The operation, acquired by Gran Colombia in 2010, has 4% more mineable reserves than what the company had detected by the end of 2017. They now sit at 1.9 millio...Read More

Your Health Data Are a Gold Mine for Advertisers

Mon Mar 11 01:16:33 2019 / Staff reporter

In the hospital and at home, illness data can be lucrative.Read full newsRead More

Southern Venezuela: A 'Gold Mine' for Organized Crime

Mon Mar 11 01:16:32 2019 / Staff reporter

Drug trafficking, battles between state forces and armed groups, extortion and illegal gold mining have transformed southern Venezuela into a region where citizens live in a parallel state ruled by organized crime. Read full newsRead More

Big US Stocks' Q4 2018 Fundamentals

Mar 11, 2019 / Adam Hamilton

The widely-held mega-cap stocks that dominate the U.S. markets recently finished reporting their Q4 2018 financial results. Because the tenor of stock markets changed radically last quarter, this latest earnings season is more important than usual. An extreme monster bull market suddenly rolled over into a severe near-bear correction in Q4. How major corporations fared offers insights into whether...Read More

Guyana Goldfields' approval questioned

11 March 2019 / Staff reporter

The company said in a February 20 statement it had received authorisation from the Guyanese Environmental Protection Agency to resume construction and development work on an underground explorationRead More

Imperial Metals soars 55% on Newcrest agreement

March 11, 2019 / Resource World

The Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwest British Columbia - now owned 70% by Newcrest Mining and 30% by Imperial Metals. Photo courtesy Imperial Metals Corp.Imperial Metals Corp. [III-TSX; IPMLF-OTC] shares rallied sharply Monday March 11 on news that the company has agreed to sell a 70% stake in its Red Chris copper and gold mine to Newcrest Mining Ltd. [NCM-ASX] for US$806.5 million in cash...Read More

Barrick, Newmont commit to Nevada gold venture

March 11, 2019 / Resource World

Barrick Gold's Turquoise Ridge mine in Nevada. Source: Barrick Gold Corp.Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, NYSE] has abandoned its hostile bid for Newmont Mining Corp. [NEM-NYSE] and will instead create a joint venture that will combine the two companies' Nevada gold mining operations.The deal, announced on Monday March 11, allows Newmont to complete a friendly merger with Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX; GG-NYSE...Read More

Turkey encouraging domestic mineral development

March 11, 2019 / Resource World

H.E. Mithat Cans??z, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Republic of Turkey. Photo courtesy Government of Turkey.In an interview with Resource World magazine, H.E. Mithat Cans??z, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Republic of Turkey, provided insight as to how his government is taking steps to encourage mineral exploration and mining.RESOURCE WORLD: What metals and...Read More

The Tesla of the Sea

March 11, 2019 / Luke Burgess

It's already being called "the Tesla of the Sea"...And this thing could to turn the entire boating and shipping industry on its head. We're talking a complete paradigm shift here.Austrian-based yacht builder Silent Yachts recently unveiled the world's first and only solar-powered electric yacht.Named the Silent 80, the vessel has 70 solar panels, electric motors, and uses the same type of lithium-...Read More

US markets down, March 4-8: Yamana, Goldcorp, Alamos, Kinross

March 11, 2019 / Posted Trish Saywell

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.21% to finish the week at 25,450.24, and the S&P 500 Index lost 2.20% to end the week at 2,743.07. Spot gold rose US$4.80 per oz. to US$1,297.70 per oz. gold.Yamana Gold, Glencore and Goldcorp have reached an agreement under which the companies propose to integrate Yamana's wholly owned Agua Rica project with the Alumbrera mine in Argentina's Catamarca provi...Read More

TSX slips, March 4-8: Serabi, Euro Sun and North American Palladium

March 11, 2019 / Posted Richard Quarisa

Canada's benchmark index fell 0.44% to 15,996.21 to start March 2019 after a strong February. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.43% to 73.60, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 3.7% to 195.25. The gold price rose 0.37% to US$1,297.70. Shares of Serabi Gold rose 32.1% to 80 ?. In early March 2019, the company boosted the mineral resource for its Coringa gold project in Brazil 37% to 845,00...Read More

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