Fresnillo CEO says 2010 best year in company’s history

About 60 illegal miners carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons breached the Obuasi mine's security fence.

Amarc's CEO called the AuRORA discovery "a significant inflection point" in the exploration of the JOY district with Freeport.

The move is expected to become effective Jan. 23, subject to approvals such as a final court order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Agnico, the second-largest gold miner by stock market value, agreed to acquire O3 last month for about C$204 million.