Miners operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo are pulling out the heavy artillery in their fight against the country's new mining code which, they say, will stifle investment in the copper and cobalt-rich nation.Today, Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) issued a press release saying its executives are engaging "at the highest level" with the Joseph Kabila government t...Read More
It looks like a hybrid between a golf cart and Wall.E. Its main function is to move through collapsing, rubble-strewn tunnels at mine sites to map them and analyze pollutants in groundwater.It can do what humans cannot: penetrate thousands of feet into a mountain, creep through very narrow areas with poor air quality and gather data of poorly understood subterranean flows, many of which contain to...Read More
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) - The comments from industry groups and native corporations in support of the waste and wastewater plans of a proposed mine in western Alaska have contrasted the opposition voiced by area residents.KYUK-AM reports the industry groups and native corporations gave public comments that expressed trust and support for the Donlin Gold mine project during a hearing with state regulat...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts a company developing a gold mine on Fiji.Read full newsRead More
Marlin Gold Mining Ltd (TSXV:MLN), a metals and mining company based in Canada, received a lot of attention from a substantial price increase on the TSXV over the last fewRead More...Read full newsRead More
The South African workers had been stuck since Wednesday, when a power cut stopped the lifts.Read full newsRead More
All of the nearly 1000 miners trapped in the Sibanye-Stillwater's Beatrix gold mine in South Africa due to a power outage were brought back to the surface.Read full newsRead More
The rescue team faced the difficult task of bringing up hundreds of workers one at a time from the 700-meter deep mine. The workers had been trapped in the mine since Wednesday evening.Read full newsRead More
The optimistic outlook for gold makes now the time to acquire mining junior Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX:SEA)(NYSE:SA).Read full newsRead More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Friday was an abysmal 36-138-116. The TSX Venture Exchange fell another 32 points to 811, having now completely wiped out its rocket-like rise from 810 to 939 of late December and early January....Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery lost 35 cents to $65.45 on the New York Merc, while Brent for April lost $1.07 to $68.58 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $27.70 to WTI (...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold fell $16.40 to $1,331.90 on Friday. The TSX Venture Exchange slid 32.03 points to 811.68 while the TSX Gold Index lost 5.29 points to 188.74. Canadian golds moved sharply lower today, led by Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX),...Read More
This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange continued to plummet, losing 32.03 points to 811.68 Friday and ending the week down 79.12 points. A former Ron Schmeichel shell target now plans to go public through another shell. That target, HLS Therapeutics...Read More
NASDAQ: GOLDwww.randgoldresources.com Mr. Mark Bristow reports: RANDGOLD TO ENGAGE AT TOP LEVEL WITH CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON NEW MINING CODE Jersey, Channel Islands - February 4, 2018 - (FSCwire) - Randgold Resources says it is engaging at the highest level with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to head off the enactment of a new mining code which the company believes will severel...Read More
Canada's Guyana Goldfields is set to invest $120 million to conduct underground gold mining for the first time in Guyana's history.In an event held Sunday in the South American country, the company's President and CEO, Scott Caldwell, said that by the end of the month he will provide the results of an ongoing feasibility study on underground mining at the Aurora Gold Mine. The project, 100%-owned...Read More
Miners operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo are pulling out the heavy artillery in their fight against the country's new mining code which, they say, will stifle investment in the copper and cobalt-rich nation.Today, Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) issued a press release saying its executives are engaging "at the highest level" with the Joseph Kabila government t...Read More
It looks like a hybrid between a golf cart and Wall.E. Its main function is to move through collapsing, rubble-strewn tunnels at mine sites to map them and analyze pollutants in groundwater.It can do what humans cannot: penetrate thousands of feet into a mountain, creep through very narrow areas with poor air quality and gather data of poorly understood subterranean flows, many of which contain to...Read More
The gold price was down for the first time this year after the release of the latest US jobs data. Silver, copper and oil were also down for the week.Read full newsRead More
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Stellar Diamonds was by far and away the top riser in London this week after the junior miner told investor investors it is in "advanced negotiations" over a possible takeover offer from Newfield Resources.AIM-listed Stellar said the possible bid, as it currently stands, would see each shareholder receive approximately 0.76 of a Newfield share for each Stellar share held.Given Aussie-quoted Newfie...Read More