May 17, 2019

Billionaire Friedland close to deal with BHP on Guinea iron ore

If successful, talks will see him move to develop the Nimba deposit on Guinea’s border with Liberia, which has sat undeveloped for years.

May 17, 2019

IAMGOLD rejects rumours of planned assets sale

The Canadian miner said it wasn’t aware of any "material change" that would account for the sharp price rise in its stock on Thursday and into early trading on Friday.

May 16, 2019

Horizons launches Canada’s first uranium ETF

Units of the ETF began trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HURA.

May 16, 2019

Iamgold is said to explore sale amid gold sector consolidation

Shares of Iamgold were halted in Toronto after climbing as much as 11%, valuing the company at about C$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion).

May 16, 2019

British Columbia miners post record revenues in 2018

The BC mining sector posted positive results for the second consecutive year.

May 16, 2019

Canada’s Nutrien sees swine fever hurting demand for grain, oilseed

Swine fever (ASF) was first detected in China last August and has killed as many as 200 million pigs, by some estimates.

May 16, 2019

Gold miner sues Zimbabwe central bank for not paying in dollars

Zimbabwe’s biggest gold producer sued the country’s central bank for $132m because it has been paying for the metal in a local quasi-currency rather than US dollars.

May 16, 2019

Transition Metals to acquire Cryderman gold project in Ontario

Recent discoveries in the area included IAMGOLD’s 10 million oz and growing Cote Gold project and Pan American Silver’s 3 million oz Juby project.

May 15, 2019

Wallbridge completes Fenelon bulk sampling

A total of 33,233 tonnes of ore with a reconciled average grade of 18.49 g/t gold containing 19,755 oz. gold were processed at the Camflo Mill.

May 15, 2019

Lithium Americas names new CEO, quarterly loss shrinks

Lithium Americas posted a first-quarter net loss of $4.5 million, compared with $4.6 million in the year-ago period.