Mining companies are scouring the globe for new deposits.

The policy identifies five key areas of action that will support a continuously evolving reconciliation action plan: engagement, empowerment, environment, employment, and education.

By acquiring Taiga, SSR would add five new properties, for a total of 34,569 hectares, to its Saskatchewan project portfolio.

The McKenzie Break project is located 25 km north of the company’s wholly owned 750-t/d Beacon gold mill.

The world's top miner has been listed in Australia and the UK since 2001, when it merged with Billiton Plc, but wants consolidate the two.

Total gold production combined with other metals is expected to be 7.5 million gold equivalent ounces in 2022.

The company says the Albatross discovery, about 1 km west of the Cass zone, demonstrates potential near the Kim and Cass zones for additional resources.

Payback from the start of commercial operation would take 2.4 years with the initial capital expenditure estimated at C$367 million.