Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046
The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.
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Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto’s Resolution copper project
Native American tribes say it will destroy sites of cultural and religious value.
Iron ore price leaps into 2021
Iron ore opens new year with a bang as Chinese crude steel output set top one billion tonnes for the first time.
Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects in British Columbia
Mega-projects that employed over 12,000 in the Province in 2020 to scale back to less than 1,500.
Argonaut executes fixed bid contract for Magino gold project
The EPC contract covers construction of the Magino processing facility.
Victoria Gold’s new credit facilities lower carrying costs
The Eagle mine became the Yukon’s newest gold mine when it reached commercial production in July 2020.
SilverCrest secures $120m facility for Las Chispas
The financing is intended to fund the construction of the proposed 1,250 tonne per day underground project.
South Africa nabs trio with 74 kg of gold in hand luggage
Investigations, with the assistance of Interpol, are under way to determine the origin of the gold.
McEwen production down 33% in 2020
Production reached 115,600 gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs) in 2020, compared with 174,400 GEOs in 2019.
