Barrick Gold Corp. gives go-ahead to Pascua-Lama project

The deal will merge Gatos’ main Cerro Los Gatos mine with First Majestic’s San Dimas mine in Durango, and its Santa Elena operation in Sonora.

Cochilco data showed that Codelco production totaled 133,600 metric tons in November.

Some of gold’s most-volatile days erupt after monthly-US-jobs data is released.

Altius interprets the award as providing for significant expansion of its royalty rights on the Silicon project held by AngloGold.