Will rates rally further, pushing gold down?

Chantrell, as a new Osisko Mining led venture, will purchase Chalice's wholly owned subsidiary Chalice Gold Mines (Quebec) and its assets.

The historic mine was closed temporarily in 2002 when gold prices were below $300 per oz.

The Buenos Aires area is part of a concession owned by Canada’s Hanrine. It lies just south of Cascabel, where SolGold PLC is seeking to build a major copper, silver and gold mine.

The MSHA's findings confirm the company's preliminary analysis, which suggested that the truck driver may have suffered a medical emergency.

The El Limon and La Libertad mines have produced more than 1.4 million ounces of gold since 2010.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Nicaragua granted Condor Gold the Cerro Los Cerritos concession.

The property covers the past-producing Dona Lake mine, an underground operation that was active from 1989 to 1994.

Bullion hit a six-year high last week as top central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve adopted a more dovish tone and tensions spiked between the U.S. and Iran.

The world's largest publicly traded copper miner said it expected lower copper prices in the second quarter.