So far, gold has rather ignored the unfolding energy crisis, but we’ve already seen that market narratives can change quickly.

The company says the Mercedes acquisition will provide a source of funding for future construction of its Corani silver mine.

Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels.

The project is in the Rouyn-Noranda camp of Quebec, in the footprint of the former Horne mine that Noranda operated from 1927 to 1976.

The gold stream entitles Wheaton to 8% of the gold produced from Blackwater in British Columbia.

Inferred resources add 96.9 million tonnes.

The company said its 2021 gold production would be at the lower end of a 884,000-948,000 ounces range.