January 10, 2019 Barrick Gold’s new CEO dismisses Canada HQ debate as `hysteria’ The debate is over whether the world’s largest gold miner will remain a Canadian company.
January 10, 2019 Barrick CEO to forge ahead in Latin America despite past strains The company's new boss Mark Bristow beleives that Chile is a “great” destination for miners, despite Barrick’s difficulties advancing the massive Pascua-Lama project.
January 10, 2019 Lucara Diamond kicks off the year with 127-carat find at Karowe The 127 carat, top white gem diamond, is one of the of 129 precious stones of over 100 carats the company has recovered at the mine since it began operations in…
January 10, 2019 MAX Resource to develop large gold project in Colombia The applications cover a total area of 1,757 square kilometres and are located within the western Chocó department.
January 10, 2019 Pretium Resources gold output at Brucejack falls short of estimates Its Brucejack underground mine in British Columbia generated 376,000 ounces of gold last year, or 97% of the expected production.
January 10, 2019 Ascot Resources enters agreement to acquire IDM Mining The Vancouver-based miner said that the goal behind the proposed acquisition is to create a prominent BC gold exploration/development company.
January 10, 2019 Acacia Mining fined over alleged environmental breach in Tanzania Barrick’s Acacia Mining has been hit with a 300-million Tanzanian shillings fine (about $129,144) over allegations of environmental breaches at its North Mara mine.
January 9, 2019 Imperial Metals suspends operations at Mount Polley mine The company said there will be no impact to the mine’s ongoing environmental monitoring and remediation program.
January 9, 2019 Canadian Gold Miner discovers new zone south of Kirkland Lake Channel sampling at the Behold zone late last year returned assays as high as 8.6 g/t gold over 0.30 metre and 5.42 g/t over 0.67 metre.
January 9, 2019 Surge Exploration announces spin-out company — CuGold Surge will continue to hold its interest in its cobalt projects in both Chile and Ontario, and its lithium brine project in Chile.
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