Gold Top Stories

Guinea: Mining firms will remain key target for anti-government protesters

Anti-government sentiment is set to further escalate in the run-up to the legislative election in September, and mining firms are likely to experience even more disruption as many blame them for the state’s failure to contribute to their wellbeing.

Verisk Maplecroft | March 22, 2018 | 7:09 am

Apollo Minerals expands in the Pyrenees

The company has entered into an agreement to buy Aurenere,…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 22, 2018 | 5:00 am

Nova Scotia’s Mining Association applauds Government push for a Mineral Resources Development Fund

The Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) is pleased the…

Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) | March 21, 2018 | 10:43 pm

Argo Gold sells Rockstar property in Ontario

The Toronto-based company has agreed to sell its 100% interest…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 21, 2018 | 4:54 pm

Indonesia’s Inalum expects to line up Freeport sale bank financing soon

Indonesia's state mining holding company expects to reach an agreement…

Reuters | March 21, 2018 | 6:02 am

Primero gives Q2 results

"Primero achieved its strongest quarter to date. San Dimas delivered record gold and silver production, record profit margins and record operating cash flow for Primero."

Joshua Zapf | August 2, 2012 | 1:25 am

Miners will head to Newfoundland or Ontario if Quebec increases royalty rates: KPMG

A study of Quebec's royalty rates for miners, which was hurried out before the provincial election, warned the government not to dip its hand any deeper into resource company pockets.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 1, 2012 | 10:00 pm

Dilution ahoy! Nautilus offers major investors new shares for less than 52-week low

Nautilus Minerals dropped 7.3% to $1.02 in late-afternoon trade on Wednesday, after the Toronto-based firm announced that it is raising $34 million from its major shareholders at 90c a share to build its seabed mining system.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 9:08 pm

BHP’s performance on the ground fails to lift shares off 3-year lows

The stock hit a high of $50 in May 2008 and came close again in April 2011, but at $170 billion, the Melbourne-based company is now valued at some $80 billion less that at its peak.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 6:22 pm

Gold and QE3: World’s largest money manager sees ‘cult of inflation’ lasting a ‘few years even decades’

"The cult of equity may be dying, but the cult of inflation may only have just begun."

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 4:04 pm

Fresnillo’s gold sales outshine silver

The company is sticking to plans to spend $680 million this year including ramping up production at its Noche Buena mine. The firm has five operating mines and this year forecasts 41 million ounces of silver produced and 460,000 ounces of gold.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 2:48 pm

Barrick stock falters after S&P downgrades over Pascua-Lama ‘execution risks’

Barrick announced last week a 50-60% cost blow-out for the copper-gold-silver project straddling the Chile–Argentina border which could end up with a final bill of as much as $8 billion with $3 billion already spent.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 2:20 pm

Retreating ice reveals huge riches in Greenland

Business Insider has the story about Greenland and global warming, which is peeling back thick ice and uncovering vast mineral wealth.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 31, 2012 | 9:15 pm

World’s gold deposits are drying up

Natural Resources Holdings produced a terrific report—which lists the world's top 50 producing mine and undeveloped deposits—that warns there is a paucity of exploitable gold in the coming years.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 31, 2012 | 7:46 pm

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