September 21, 2018

Philippines halts quarry operations after deadly landslide

The Philippines temporarily suspended all quarrying operations in seven regions following a landslide near a limestone quarry that killed at least 29 people, with dozens more feared trapped under the…

September 21, 2018

Paulson joined by 15 investors in council to oversee gold miners

The billionaire hedge-fund manager has formed a coalition with 15 other founding members aimed at curbing years of what his hedge fund has called value destruction in the gold sector.

September 20, 2018

Central bank demand for gold reaches 3-year high

Egypt recently bought gold for the first time since 1978, India, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines have re-entered the gold market after years-long absences.

September 20, 2018

Three dead, several injured after attack at Continental Gold site in Colombia

This is the second time this month the Toronto-based miner mourns the death of staff members in Colombia.

September 20, 2018

Mining industry’s adoption of blockchain not a question of if, but when — report

Blockchain technology and the smart contracts it enables are the next innovations the mining industry needs to adopt in order to improve efficiencies and increase market transparency, a paper published…

September 19, 2018

Is gold strength imminent as commercial buyers get long?

For the first time in 17 years commercial participants in gold futures flipped their COMEX positioning to net long.

September 19, 2018

Gold stocks remain in downtrend but uranium stocks on the cusp of new bull market

Gold stocks failed to breakout in the spring and then broke down to multi-year lows by September.

September 19, 2018

Sun Metals Corp. added to Oxygen Capital’s fold

Integrated mining development company rolls investment dice on its first major B.C. project.

September 19, 2018

Lundin lowers costs, ups reserves for Ecuador’s largest underground mine

The asset, discovered in 2006, is expected to produce to 4.6 million ounces of gold over a 15 year mine life. That’s 73,000 ounces more than what was indicated in…

September 19, 2018

Metminco jumps into the battery metals wagon with nickel project buy

Until now, the Australian miner had been advancing exploration projects in Latin America focused mainly on gold, but with significant exposure to copper, molybdenum and zinc.