September 5, 2018

Orion’s $407m takeover bid for Dalradian Okd

Deal gives Orion mine access to mineral rights for more than 80,000 hectares of land in Northern Ireland, which includes one of the world's top ten undeveloped gold deposits by…

September 5, 2018

World’s biggest miner speeds hunt for copper assets, buys stake in SolGold

BHP will gain access to SolGold's Cascabel project, in northern Ecuador, believed to have the potential to become one of the largest copper-gold assets ever discovered.

September 5, 2018

China’s Zijin to buy Nevsun for $1.41bn after Lundin takeover rejected

The Chinese gold and base metals producer will give Nevsun Cdn$6 per share in cash, trumping Lundin’s C$4.75 a share bid launched in July.

September 4, 2018

Chaarat Gold ups Kyrgyz Republic project resource by 46 pct

The Central Asia-focused explorer and developer said Tulkubash’s measured and indicated resource is now over 1.4 million ounces of gold, while the grade also rose 57% to 1.35g/t gold.

September 4, 2018

Tahoe’s Escobal mine licence to remain suspended — Guatemalan court

Guatemala's highest court ruling says mining operations will be suspended until government carries out consultation of the local indigenous people.

September 3, 2018

Eastern Goldfields suspends Davyhurst gold operations

More than 30 workers have been made redundant.

September 3, 2018

Northern Star raises funds to buy gold mine in Alaska

The Australian miner was able to raise almost $1.3 million to help fund the acquisition of its first overseas asset.

September 3, 2018

Lonmin’s largest shareholder backs takeover by Sibanye-Stillwater

Lonmin has been the biggest casualty in South Africa's platinum mining industry.

September 2, 2018

Colombia asks for Venezuela’s cooperation in case of five murdered miners

The workers were killed in a gold mine in the southern Bolívar state.

September 2, 2018

The challenge of creating a solution that avoids mining transcripts

Developers want to ease up geologists' work.