Gold prices to rally this week on Ukraine and China worries
Traders are closely following Sunday’s poll in Ukraine's Crimea region, as its results could further increase geopolitical tensions and hence affect gold prices.
The only way companies will cut costs and increase efficiency will be to embed digital technologies in every dimension of how mines are operated and managed, says Barrick Gold.
Hochschild Mining PLC, which operates three mines in Peru and one in Argentina, has soared 460 per cent in 2016, beating every other company in the Bloomberg world index of 5,125 stocks.
James Kwantes recently travelled to northern British Columbia to visit IDM Mining's Red Mountain property, a high-grade gold project in a region dubbed "The Golden Triangle" for its rich endowment of precious metals.