April 2, 2024 Green River Gold to begin placer mining on Wabi claims near Quesnel, BC Green River holds six contiguous placer mining claims straddling the Swift River, which has a significant history of placer mining dating back to the Cariboo gold rush.
April 2, 2024 Gold Fields begins gold production at new Chilean mine The almost $1.2bn Salares Norte mine faced some unique challenges, including relocating a handful of endangered rodents, rocketing costs and technical delays.
April 1, 2024 Underperforming precious metals and copper stocks poised to correct Demand is being driven by strong central bank buying, with developing nations in particular stocking up on bullion as insurance.
April 1, 2024 Iamgold pours first bullion at Côté project in Ontario The mine will be one of Canada’s largest gold producers with an 18-year mine life.
April 1, 2024 Russia halts rescue operation for 13 trapped miners The miners were trapped by a rock fall at the Pioneer gold mine.
April 1, 2024 Gold price hits another all-time high as Fed-fuelled rally continues A host of positive drivers have pushed up bullion by around 14% since the middle of February.
March 31, 2024 Environmental NGO asks Venezuelan government to ratify Minamata Convention NGO Clima21 asked the Venezuelan government to ratify the Minamata Convention, which aims to restrict and limit the trade and use of mercury in small-scale gold mining.
March 31, 2024 Draft decree allows miners in Peru to exceed daily installed capacity by 10% Currently, excess production can reach up to 5% of the total allowed and if miners go over that limit, they have to pay a validation fee.
March 28, 2024 Calibre inks commissioning contract for Valentine gold mine Production at Valentine is planned to start in the first quarter of 2025.
March 28, 2024 Eldorado Gold files updated reports on Olympias and Efemcukuru Olympias produced 67,133 gold ounces in 2023 and Efemcukuru produced 86,088 oz.
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