Gold at $1,500 is a new price floor, Kinross CEO says Soaring prices give the Canadian miner confidence to push ahead with expansion plans at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania. Reuters | September 16, 2019 | 9:10 am
Gran Colombia to spin off Marmato gold project The Canadian miner will retain a major stake in the new company while leveraging the capital markets to provide the funding required for ongoing exploration and underground development. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2019 | 8:30 am
UrbanGold, Argonaut combine gold projects in Quebec The combined properties will form the Bullseye project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 16, 2019 | 6:20 am
MIT engineers ‘hide’ $2m-diamond under world’s blackest black material LJ West Diamonds gave them a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond to experiment with. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 16, 2019 | 6:15 am
Waterton’s Gemfield Resources kicks off construction of gold mine in Nevada The Gemfield project is one of a few open-pit, heap leach gold mines in the US to be fully permitted and shovel-ready. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2019 | 6:00 am
Petra Diamonds shares hit all-time low as loss widens Miner said the diamond market was in its worst state since the financial crisis that began in 2008. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2019 | 5:31 am
B2Gold ups stake in Colombian JV with AngloGold Ashanti As part of the deal, the miner will fund investment and exploration to the value of $13.9m at the Gramalote project next year. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2019 | 3:13 am
New blockade affects Newmont-Goldcorp’s Peñasquito mine Newmont Goldcorp temporarily suspended operations at Peñasquito. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 15, 2019 | 1:19 pm
Las Bambas goes digital The company signed a contract with Nokia and Telefónica Perú to enable digitalization and automation projects. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 15, 2019 | 11:07 am