Banyan reports long intercepts from Airstrip zone in the Yukon

The mining giant will add those jobs during the next 12 months.

Construction is ramping up rapidly at this Yukon mine that one analyst calls a "strategic asset."

"We and China Gold will create an attractive financial platform that private investors can take part in and make money," said Alexey Chekunkov, head of fund.

The three-year wage agreement was signed by all three unions, the company said.

Armed separatists have occupied five villages in Indonesia’s Papua province, threatening to disrupt Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s giant Grasberg copper mine, which has already been hit this year by labor unrest and a dispute over operating rights.

Miner said it would the project back into "care and maintenance" and re-assess its investment in it upon approval and receipt of required permits.

Even as gold mine production hits new record so far in 2017 according to new report.

Canadian gold miner expects 2017 production at higher end of guidance range.

A longstanding curiosity in the investment business has been the disinterest in precious metals among institutional investors.