MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

This is the third agreement with a Canadian gold miner with projects in Colombia that Newmont inked in the last 18 months.

More than 9,000 ounces, or $10 million worth of gold, were recovered in a four-day period.

Anaconda has been busy trying to grow through mergers and acquisitions. Last year, it acquired its first project in Nova Scotia — Goldboro — through the acquisition of Orex Exploration. And in February, it added a new deposit to Great Northern Project in Newfoundland.

MINING.com interviewed the Minerals Council of Australia CEO.

The project was operated by Canada’s Infinito Gold up to 2013.

Drilling at new projects up 57% as spending on gold exploration reaches 21-year high.

In India, the world's second-biggest consumer of the metal after China, gold futures rose to 30,700 rupees per 10 grams on Thursday, a peak since July 9.

Made of 99.99 percent pure gold, the coin features four rare Argyle pink and purplish-pink diamonds. The largest is 1.02 carat.

The Canadian miner expects annual production from La Arena mine to be near the low end of its forecast 160,000 to 185,000 ounces of gold.