Gold Top Stories

Southern mining municipalities are the most violent in Venezuela – report

The three most violent municipalities in Venezuela are located in the southeastern Bolívar state mining area.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 29, 2023 | 10:26 am

Gold price heads for yearly gain as market eyes rate cuts in 2024

Bullion was steady on the final trading day, putting it…

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2023 | 8:44 am

Gold price wavers as US bond markets rally on rate-cut optimism

The precious metal has risen nearly 14% this year, on…

Bloomberg News | December 28, 2023 | 3:24 pm

Paramount Gold closes $15 million funding with Sprott to advance Grassy Mountain mine

The proposed mine has an initial eight-year life producing 47,000…

Staff Writer | December 28, 2023 | 11:21 am

Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations

Federal Police have joined the government's biodiversity conservation agency ICMBio…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 10:13 am

Barrick responds to rights abuse allegations in Tanzania

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

Staff Writer | December 13, 2022 | 12:35 pm

Probe Metals drills ‘record gold interval’ at Val-d’Or project in Quebec

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.

Staff Writer | December 13, 2022 | 11:13 am

Centamin grows Sukari gold reserves for second straight year

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

Staff Writer | December 13, 2022 | 9:13 am

Gold is better portfolio diversifier than bitcoin – Goldman Sachs

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

Reuters | December 13, 2022 | 7:53 am

Colombia signs agreement to establish a national mining company

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

Reuters | December 13, 2022 | 6:59 am

Global miners’ ESG strategies show ‘concerning’ lack of focus on gender

A report by Stratum and Digbee shows that gender is considered the “least important” social priority for mining companies over the next two years.

Staff Writer | December 13, 2022 | 6:50 am

Gold Fields CEO Griffith leaves after failed Yamana takeover

Martin Preece, who runs the company’s South Deep gold mine in South Africa, will take on the role of interim CEO while the board searches for a new boss.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2022 | 3:25 am

Gold price has the potential to hit $3,000 or $4,000 an ounce in 2023

Will 2023 be the year that gold hits $3,000 an ounce? Ole Hansen, respected commodity strategist at Denmark’s Saxo Bank, says it’s possible.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | December 12, 2022 | 5:27 pm

Ascot arranges $146m financing package for construction of Premier gold project

The financing package consists of a gold and silver streaming agreement with Sprott and an equity investment by Ccori Apu SAC.

Staff Writer | December 12, 2022 | 11:36 am

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