One hole intersected exceptionally high gold grades of 1,636 and 697 g/t, both over 1 metre.

Company proposed a plan to shareholders to delist from the London Stock Exchange and to redomicile to the Astana International Financial Centre.

Under a certain market environment, precious metals are considered must-haves in a modern investment portfolio.

A successful bid would see the two companies merge into by far the world’s biggest gold miner.

The KSM project is the world’s largest undeveloped gold-copper project, when measured by resources.

Top Swiss-based refiner Metalor is currently the mine’s only gold buyer, which shipped $363 million worth of gold to Switzerland since 2016.

Across the portfolio, all projects are on plan and met quarterly production targets, says Kinross.