Barrick Gold announces $1bn buyback as quarterly earnings jump
Barrick also increased its regular quarterly cash dividend by 11% as it exceeded earnings estimates.
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Generation Mining, Metis sign agreement for Marathon palladium-copper project
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World Copper PEA for Escalones offers post-tax NPV of $1.5bn, payback in 2.2 years
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