Precious Metals and Minerals

White Rock places Australian gold mine on care and maintenance

Minerals resources exploration and development firm White Rock Minerals has placed its Morning Star gold project in Victoria, Australia, on…

First Majestic suspends operations at Jerritt Canyon gold mine in US

First Majestic Silver has temporarily paused mining activities and is cutting its workforce at the Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine in…

HighGold signs deal to spin out Canadian properties

HighGold Mining has reached an arrangement agreement to spin out its properties in Ontario and Yukon, Canada, to its new…

Gold Fields and AngloGold form JV to create Africa’s largest gold mine

Gold Fields has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with AngloGold Ashanti to create what they claim to be…

Canada’s B2Gold to invest in Snowline Gold

Canadian mining company B2Gold is set to make a strategic investment in gold exploration company Snowline Gold (SGD), through a…

Mexican court grants permanent injunction for Fortuna’s San Jose mine EIA

The Mexican Federal Administrative Court has issued a permanent injunction to Fortuna Silver Mines to continue operating the San Jose…

Sibanye pauses Stillwater West mine underground production for four weeks

South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has unveiled plans to halt production from the lower levels of its Stillwater West mine in…

Burgundy Diamond to acquire Ekati Diamond mine in Canada

Australia-based Burgundy Diamond Mines (BDM) has signed a binding share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire Canada-based Artic Canadian’s assets, including…

ArcWest options Todd Creek project in Canada to Freeport

ArcWest and Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada have signed an agreement to advance the development of the former’s Todd Creek copper-gold…

Artemis Gold’s Blackwater mine receives BC Mines Act Permit

Artemis Gold has secured a BC Mines Act Permit for the Blackwater gold mine project in central British Columbia (BC),…