July 20, 2021

Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts

The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising against the mine and…

July 20, 2021

Osisko drills more bonanza grades at Windfall

Selected high-grade assays include 96.7 g/t gold over 2.2 metres and 29.3 g/t over 5.2 metres.

July 20, 2021

Yamana green lights development for Wasamac gold with higher production

The company acquired the Wasamac deposit and Camflo property and mill when it bought Monarch Gold in January.

July 20, 2021

Gold price fails to capitalize on falling bond yields

Benchmark 10-year treasury yields touched more than a five-month low, reducing the opportunity cost of holding gold.

July 20, 2021

Barrick resumes operations at Hemlo after fatality

Operations at the Ontario gold mine were halted following the death of a contract worker on site last week.

July 20, 2021

Endeavour Silver buys Nevada gold asset for $100 million

The Bruner gold exploration project is expected to become a low-cost, open pit, heap leach mine operation.

July 19, 2021

Battle for Venezuelan gold starts at UK’s top court

The question of who controls more than $1 billion of Venezuelan gold stored in the Bank of England’s vaults took another twist.

July 19, 2021

Maple Gold Mines to buy former Eagle mine in Quebec

Ownership of the mine will consolidate the historic high-grade Eagle-Telbel underground mines at the Joutel gold project.

July 19, 2021

Thor expects first gold pour at Segilola by end of July

The mining fleet is now fully commissioned, and production is expected to quickly ramp up to its design capacity.

July 16, 2021

Barrick says Hemlo suspended following a fatality

Hemlo production remains suspended as an investigation into a worker fatality takes place.