The Australian iron ore producer will now have 25.4% stake in the Canadian junior, which is advancing the Cañariaco copper project in Peru.

Prosecutors said gold bars and grain were purchased using the laundered funds for ultimate export to Dubai.

Miner refutes claims, says corporate watchdog RAID had a history of making unfounded allegations about purported human rights abuses at North Mara.

Probe has completed 165,000 metres in the drilling program at the gold project 25 km east of Val-d’Or and will resume drilling in January.

Sukari is currently Egypt's largest and first modern gold mine, as well as one of the world's largest producing mines.

The bank expects gold, with its real demand drivers, to outperform the highly volatile bitcoin in the long term.

The national mining company will buy gold from small-scale miners who produce the yellow metal without using cyanide or mercury.