More weakness ahead for miners

India's gold imports in June more than tripled from a year ago

The Rakounga Gold concession is a 250 sq km property contiguous to the company's 2nd gold project — Bouboulou.

The so-called Palmani project aims to discover and characterize the mining potential of an area located in Chile's extreme north, at about at 2,100 metres of altitude.

Some of the worst fires, raging in BC’s interior, have grown overnight.

Rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia disrupted operations at two mining companies and damaged public utilities on Monday as 14,000 people were forced from their homes in the interior of the Western Canadian province.

Zaldívar produced more than 100,000 tonnes of copper last year.

Deal gives Eldorado full ownership of the Lamaque project near Val-d'Or, Quebec, which is expected to produce 123,000 ounces of gold at all-in sustaining costs of US$634 per ounce over 10 years.

Physical demand for gold has been surging in India since January.

Mining magnate and philanthropist Ross Beaty joins other prominent Canadians in being among those awarded membership in the 2017 Order of Canada.