October 25, 2023

South African unions free some miners held underground

Workers stuck underground for days over a union dispute at Gold One International Ltd.’s Modder East mine in South Africa have returned to the surface.

October 25, 2023

Over 4,000 jobs on the line with Sibanye-Stillwater’s latest restructuring

Announcement comes barely six weeks after the company kicked off a similar process at one of its South African gold mines.

October 25, 2023

SolGold advances plan to sell flagship Ecuador copper project

The miner said there are "several" parties eyeing the Cascabel copper-gold project, and that at least five suitors have completed site visits.

October 24, 2023

Wesdome drills 64 g/t gold along western extension at Eagle River mine

Guidance for Eagle River this year is 80,000 to 90,000 oz. of gold.

October 24, 2023

Nigeria seeks to tighten rules to curb raw mineral exports

The country has lithium, gold, bitumen and iron ore deposits and is intent on emulating nations such as Indonesia in climbing up the commodities value chain.

October 24, 2023

How Romans pioneered silver recycling

Gold impurities in silver coins and lead pollution in Greenland ice show that the Romans were pioneers of recycling.

October 23, 2023

New Found Gold hits 67.5 g/t over 2.7 metres at Golden Joint

The longest mineralized core was 12 metres at 2.46 g/t gold, including 23.9 g/t gold over 0.9 metre.

October 23, 2023

Labor dispute keeps 540 South African miners stuck underground

Workers at the Modder East operation near Johannesburg were kept underground after the night shift ended by the AMCU.

October 23, 2023

Video: Gold Royalty CEO Garofalo lauds court for knocking feds

Garofalo said governments should “stay out of the way" of mining projects because long lead times, unclear regulations and overlapping jurisdictions all drive away investment.

October 23, 2023

Russian gold miner Uzhuralzoloto board approves issuing 30 billion additional shares

The company, with assets in the Ural region and further east in Siberia, is Russia's sixth largest gold producer.