Scotgold ready to break rock at Scotland’s first commercial gold mine Cononish underground gold-silver mine is expected to produce 23,500 ounces of the precious yellow metal annually for up to 17 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2018 | 8:54 am
Hudbay completes acquisition of Mason Resources The deal closed for C$31 million. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 19, 2018 | 6:59 am
Constantine boosts resource at Palmer with second deposit Palmer is a volcanogenic massive sulphide-sulphate joint venture project between Constantine and Dowa Metals and Mining, Constantine owns 51% of the project and is its operator. Northern Miner Staff | December 18, 2018 | 1:01 pm
Indonesia’s Inalum expects to finalise Freeport deal this week – CEO Inalum was proposing to sell a 10% stake in PT Freeport Indonesia to Papua for $819 million. Reuters | December 18, 2018 | 9:42 am
Canada Cobalt makes new find east of Castle mine The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 17, 2018 | 9:30 am
Only 13% of board members in the mining industry are women: Bedford When it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women. MINING.com Editor | December 17, 2018 | 7:15 am
Wheaton resolves tax dispute with Canada Revenue Agency, shares surge 14% The reassessments were related to income generated by Wheaton’s wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries operating outside of Canada. MINING.com Editor | December 14, 2018 | 3:07 pm
Vancouver’s Falcon Gold searches for gold, silver and copper in Argentina The company completed its 2018 exploration program on the Esperanza Resources mineral concessions. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 14, 2018 | 12:45 pm
Nigeria’s first gold refinery scheduled to be ready next year The refinery will initially be able to produce 3 metric tons of gold each month, and 1 ton of silver. Reuters | December 14, 2018 | 11:07 am
