ELKO - The U.S. District Court in Reno will be hearing arguments Thursday in another appeal over U.S. Bureau of Land Management approval of Barrick Gold Corp.'s Cortez Hills gold mine in Lander County. Great Basin Resource Watch Executive Director John

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. has increased proven and probable gold reserves at the Hycroft Mine in Humboldt County to 10.2 million ounces. The gold reserves estimate was at 2.6 million ounces as of March.

Ryan Youngblood has been appointed ground support sales manager for the northwestern region for Atlas Copco CMT USA. In his new role, Youngblood will report directly to Matt Willeford, manager of Atlas Copco's Elko branch.