Newcrest, Greatland Gold kick off work program at Havieron JV

Barrick’s Acacia Mining has been hit with a 300-million Tanzanian shillings fine (about $129,144) over allegations of environmental breaches at its North Mara mine.

Surge will continue to hold its interest in its cobalt projects in both Chile and Ontario, and its lithium brine project in Chile.

Tanzanian President Magufuli said the central bank should start buying the country's gold to curb smuggling and build reserves to stabilise the currency.

The Canadian junior expects to mine 230,000 to 265,000 gold ounces this year from both Aurizona mine in Brazil and its recently acquired Mesquite gold operation in California.

There is a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Espiritu SMR property.

The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at its Egypt-based Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at the operation.

Concentrate shipments from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, will drop because of a lag in output while operations shift from open pit to underground mining.

Tahoe shareholders also approved the arrangement.

A prolonged spat between the government and gold producer Acacia over a $190 billion tax bill has severely limited the company's operations in the East African nation.