Mexican miners reach deal with Canadian company, go back to work

Operations at Barrick's Porgera open pit gold mine, in Papua New Guinea, resumed this morning after the government decided to send troops to the site last week, under a troop call-out order from 2009 still in effect.

London-listed African Barrick Gold (LON:ABG) reported increasing confidence in its Nyanzaga project, in Tanzania and said that the project has the potential to become its next mine in the country.

There were news reports on April 1 about a Charlize Theron sex tape and WestJet kid-free flights that all turned out—unfortunately—not to be true.

Argentinian gold and silver miner, Extorre Gold Mines (TSX:XG), announced a preliminary economic assessment showing their Cerro Moro gold-silver project producing 848,000 ounces of gold and 47.2 million ounces of silver.

Tuareg rebels aided by Islamists ransacked bars, banned Western-style dress and music and called for the imposition of Sharia law.

Canadian Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. (TSXV:AME) is looking for potential buyers, partners or other alternatives under a strategic review initiated Monday, shortly after its partner moved to increase its holding in their B.C. joint venture.

The creation of the world’s first national protocol on sustainable and socially responsible mining was discussed at a meeting held in Argentina last week, called by the government of president Cristina Fernandez.

Gold royalty companies provide upfront capital to developing gold mining producers to help with the expenditures of bringing the mine into production.

Earlier this week, a fully loaded Brinks truck carrying between $3 million and $5 million in uncirculated loonies and toonies crashed on a snow covered highway in Ontario, Canada.