Virus-hit South African miners battle to return workers Companies may take until August to get all their employees back at work. Bloomberg News | June 25, 2020 | 10:49 am
Drilling resumes at Novagold’s Donlin project A program of 80 holes totalling about 22,000 metres is expected to be completed by year-end. Jackson Chen | June 25, 2020 | 10:05 am
Panama miners push for restart of First Quantum copper operation The Canadian miner had to idle the $6.5 billion mine, which is the biggest single private sector investment in Panama’s history. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2020 | 9:56 am
AJN Resources says only it can add lustre to DRC gold assets The company dismissed an attempt by civil society groups to block its plan to buy five gold projects. Reuters | June 25, 2020 | 8:49 am
Orocobre expects June quarter lithium sales to plunge It warned that total sales volume would more than halve for the period. Reuters | June 25, 2020 | 8:38 am
Harmony Gold raises $200m to buy AngloGold assets The gold miner issued more than 60 million new ordinary shares at a price of 57.50 rand apiece on Wednesday. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2020 | 6:59 am
Aurania allowed to deploy half of its team at Lost Cities – Cutucu project in Ecuador After the partial lifting of covid-related restrictions, exploration teams re-entered the field in mid-June to start mapping and soil sampling. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 25, 2020 | 6:20 am
Constantine Metal to spend $2.15 million on Palmer project in Alaska The Canadian miner wants to start field and permitting work for the zinc-copper-gold-silver project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 25, 2020 | 6:10 am
Alrosa halts mine after several cases of covid-19 The company's International underground diamond mine will be closed for up to two weeks. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2020 | 4:16 am