December 19, 2018 Scotgold ready to break rock at Scotland’s first commercial gold mine Cononish underground gold-silver mine is expected to produce 23,500 ounces of the precious yellow metal annually for up to 17 years.
December 18, 2018 Constantine boosts resource at Palmer with second deposit Palmer is a volcanogenic massive sulphide-sulphate joint venture project between Constantine and Dowa Metals and Mining, Constantine owns 51% of the project and is its operator.
December 18, 2018 Indonesia’s Inalum expects to finalise Freeport deal this week – CEO Inalum was proposing to sell a 10% stake in PT Freeport Indonesia to Papua for $819 million.
December 17, 2018 Canada Cobalt makes new find east of Castle mine The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure.
December 17, 2018 Only 13% of board members in the mining industry are women: Bedford When it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women.
December 14, 2018 Wheaton resolves tax dispute with Canada Revenue Agency, shares surge 14% The reassessments were related to income generated by Wheaton’s wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries operating outside of Canada.
December 14, 2018 Vancouver’s Falcon Gold searches for gold, silver and copper in Argentina The company completed its 2018 exploration program on the Esperanza Resources mineral concessions.
December 14, 2018 Nigeria’s first gold refinery scheduled to be ready next year The refinery will initially be able to produce 3 metric tons of gold each month, and 1 ton of silver.
December 13, 2018 OK2 buys three mines in Scandinavia Together with the acquisition, the Vancouver-based miner will change its name to Norra Metals Corp.
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