Vancouver-based Taseko Mines could get federal government approval for its Prosperity gold/copper project, in British Columbia, near the end of the third quarter this year, executives said on Friday.
By that point, Taseko expects to have secured...
Fast-growing Alamos Gold could start gold production from newly-acquired assets in Turkey by early 2013, CEO John McCluskey said on Tuesday.
The company is also looking for further gold acquisitions, and will consider both development-stage and...
Project house TWP is building a gold plant in Zimbabwe on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis as part of a toll treating agreement with African Consolidated Resources.
TWP CEO and Basil Read executive director Nigel Townshend tells Mining Weekly...
The mining division of the JSE-listed Basil Read construction group may be hived off into a separately listed entity, Basil Read CEO Marius Heyns said on Friday.
Heyns told Mining Weekly Online that the company was working on a strategy to...
Nasdaq- and LSE-listed Randgold Resources plans to start construction later this year on its high-grade Gounkoto project, in Mali, and could pour the first gold early in 2013, CEO Mark Bristow said on Wednesday.
Randgold produces gold from the...
A lot of the mining industry, particularly juniors, still has a very conservative attitude towards merger and acquisition activity, Ernst & Young Canada mining leader Tom Whelan said on Wednesday.
A lot of predictions have been made this week as...
Barrick Gold's plan to spin-out its African assets into a new, London-listed company could be a sign of things to come, as gold majors look for ways to realise value from increasingly large and diverse portfolios, Randgold Resources CEO Mark...
Investors will become increasingly comfortable with mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has the potential to become the largest gold producer in Africa, Banro Corp chairperson Simon Village said on Tuesday.
“I believe the DRC,...
TSX-listed Liberty Mines, which is 51% owned by China's Jilin Jien Nickel Industry, expects to see a sharp increase in output at its McWatters nickel mine, in Ontario, CEO Gary Nash said on Monday.
Has a second mine, Redstone, and it plans to...
'Anti-C-300' pamphlets, buttons and large signs are everywhere at this year's the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC's) annual convention, as Canadian mining industry groups turn the heat up in efforts to block the...
Goldcorp founder Rob McEwen is standing by his forecast that the price of gold will reach $2 000/oz by the end of 2010, he said on Monday.
While it may still seem a stretch from current levels of around $1 135/oz, it should be noted that McEwen...