B2Gold denied exploration permit renewal in Mali

Underpinning investor confidence are the country’s vast mineral riches.

Kapé-Kapé says that guerrilla groups and illegal miners have joined forces and are destroying protected areas in the southern Bolívar state.

Mining Association of Canada (MAC) will be in charge of developing program to give miners tools and knowledge needed to better plan for climate change.

Michael Willoughby has been named co-head of metals and mining for the region at Standard Chartered and will be based in Singapore, sources said.

The transaction would create the world’s No.2 platinum producer as Lonmin is the world’s third-largest while Sibanye-Stillwater is the fourth.

The miner said the discoveries represent an important advance in defining bedrock-hosted high-grade gold mineralization, necessary to yield the unique world-class gold grain-in-till dispersal apron that the property hosts.

The Canadian miner said it wasn’t aware of any "material change" that would account for the sharp price rise in its stock on Thursday and into early trading on Friday.

Shares of Iamgold were halted in Toronto after climbing as much as 11%, valuing the company at about C$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion).

Although most of the precious metals sector has trended lower in recent months, gold has held up well.