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Zambia, in diversification push, starts processing artisanal gold
By: Reuters 13th May 2020 Zambia has built ten milling plants to process gold in a drive to formalise artisanal and small-scale miners and diversify from copper mining, state mining investment company ZCCM-IH said on Wednesday. The project is being undertaken by Consolidated Gold Company Ltd (CGCZ), a gold processing and... →
Endeavour generates record first-quarter cash flow
By: Marleny Arnoldi 13th May 2020 TSX-listed gold miner Endeavour Mining started the year on a positive note, with continued momentum across the business and with production and costs in line to meet full-year guidance. The company confirmed in a May 13 statement that its operations had not been significantly impacted on by... →
Ariana progresses to near 10% shareholding in Venus Minerals
By: Marleny Arnoldi 13th May 2020 Aim-listed Ariana Resources has completed its initial earn-in on UK-based Venus Minerals, spending €920 000 for a 9.24% shareholding. Venus Minerals has a copper and gold exploration portfolio of projects in Cyprus, in the UK. →
Polymetal granted loan to kickstart POX second stage
By: Donna Slater 13th May 2020 Russia-based gold and silver miner Polymetal has agreed a ten-year loan of $77-million, with the money being partially used to finance construction of the second stage of the miner’s Amursk pressure oxidation plant (POX-2) in 2020/21. The loan is based on at 5% fixed rate, and is taken with the... →
Resolute completes share placement for A$195m raise
By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th May 2020 Gold miner Resolute Mining has completed a A$195-million capital raise after gaining shareholder approval for the second tranche of its placement. The miner in January announced plans for the capital raise to repay its $130-million Toro Gold bridge facility. →
World’s top mining companies committed to climate change solutions – ICMM 
By: Martin Creamer 13th May 2020 Twenty seven of the world's leading mining and metals companies and 36 associations are committed to climate change solutions through their membership of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Mining Weekly can today report. The ICMM is an international organisation dedicated to a... →
Endeavour Mining, Semafo merger may be subject to security review in Canada
By: Mariaan Webb 13th May 2020 TSX-listed miner Semafo said on Tuesday that its merger with fellow-listed Endeavour Mining to form the largest gold miner in West Africa continued to receive strong shareholder support. A vote regarding the proposed merger is set down for May 28 during a live audio webcast. However, Semafo... →
Great Panther reports more positive Covid-19 cases
By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th May 2020 TSX-listed Great Panther Mining has reported more positive Covid-19 cases at its operations, but says its Tucano gold mine, in Brazil, is continuing to operate at full capacity and that it still plans to resume operations at Topia and Guanajuato Mine Complex (GMC), in Mexico. Two additional... →
Red 5 completes share placement advances FS
By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th May 2020 Gold miner Red 5 has completed a second tranche share placement of more than 522.9-million shares, at a price of 18c each, following shareholder approval. The ASX-listed company at the end of March announced a A$125-million capital raise, consisting of a two-tranche placement to sophisticated... →
Anglo delivering through volatile times with $14.5bn liquidity
By: Martin Creamer 12th May 2020 How Anglo American is ‘delivering through volatile times’ was outlined on Tuesday at Bank of America’s virtual global metals, mining and steel conference, where it reiterated its strong liquidity position of $14.5-billion, made up of $6.9-billion in cash and $7.6-billion in undrawn committed... →
Anglo American's FutureSmart MiningTM is an innovation-led approach to sustainable mining.
Caledonia records strong first quarter
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 12th May 2020 Gold miner Caledonia Mining recorded a continued strong financial and operating performance at its blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe, in the quarter ended March 31, Caledonia CEO Steve Curtis says. “The management initiatives which were implemented in 2019 have resulted in an almost 20% increase in... →
Sibanye reports record earnings, record gold safety, cut debt ratio
By: Martin Creamer 12th May 2020 Record quarterly earnings, record gold-mining safety and a sharply falling debt ratio were achieved by precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater in the first three months of 2020. In an operating update for the quarter ended March 31, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Mining set to start at Boorara
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th May 2020 The Boorara gold mine, in Western Australia, is poised to deliver its first gold in July this year, after the board of ASX-listed Horizon Metals gave approval for the development of the first stage of the project. “The commencement of mining at Boorara is a significant milestone for the company,... →
NTM puts a number on Hub
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th May 2020 Junior NTM Gold has reported a maiden inferred mineral resource of 89 300 t, grading 4.9 g/t gold for 140 800 oz of contained gold at its Hub deposit, in Western Australia. The mineral resource estimate includes oxide, transitional and fresh material, the company added, with the oxide component... →
Bardoc hoping to be in production by next year
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th May 2020 Gold developer Bardoc Gold was hoping to start production at its namesake project, in Western Australia, by the third quarter of next year. A definitive feasibility study for the three-million ounce Bardoc gold project is currently under way, and targeted for completion by the first quarter of... →
Physically distancing CEOs buck M&A slump with pandemic gold deals
By: , Bloomberg 12th May 2020 Gold miners are forging ahead with mergers and acquisitions, taking advantage of an investor flight to the haven during the coronavirus crisis. Despite the logistical problems the pandemic has created -- both for operations and for arranging face-to-face meetings to hammer out transaction... →
Gran Colombia proposes merger with Guyana, Gold X
By: Donna Slater 11th May 2020 Canadian midtier gold producer Gran Colombia Gold has signed a definitive agreement to complete a business combination with junior miner Gold X Mining and has submitted a proposal to Guyana Goldfields to acquire all its issued and outstanding common shares. Through the combination of the three... →
Altus records encouraging results in Mali
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 11th May 2020 Dual-listed Altus Strategies has recorded encouraging results from a 70-hole 2 042 m shallow air core (AC) drilling programme to test the potential strike extension of the FT Prospect at the company's Tabakorole gold project, in southern Mali. The programme was completed under a joint venture... →
Progress in sale of AngloGold’s South African assets to Harmony
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2020 The sale of the South African portfolio to Harmony Gold had made excellent progress, with unconditional competition approval received last week, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Kelvin Dushnisky said on Monday. The announced sale of the South African operations to Harmony Gold crossed an important hurdle... →
Mponeng gold mine.
IronRidge raises £4.75m to advance projects
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 11th May 2020 Aim-listed IronRidge Resources has conditionally raised £4.75-million before expenses through the placing of, and subscription for, new ordinary shares in the company. The funds will be used towards an accelerated drilling programme at the Zaranou gold project, in Côte d'Ivoire, targeting a... →
RNC to buy Spargos Reward gold project, tables name change
By: Donna Slater 11th May 2020 TSX-listed base and precious metals miner Royal Nickel Corporation RNC Minerals (RNC) has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the Spargos Reward gold project, in Western Australia. Spargos Reward contains a historical Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant indicated mineral resource... →
Gold price exceeding $2 000/oz would not surprise me – Dushnisky
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2020 There is every chance that the gold price could exceed $2 000/oz, said AngloGold CEO Kelvin Dushnisky on Monday. Answering journalists’ questions during a virtual media roundtable, Dushnisky said that a gold price higher than $2 000/oz would not come as a surprise to him at all. →
Kelvin Dushnisky
Mechanism in place to repatriate $252m from DRC – AngloGold
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2020 A mechanism is in place to repatriate $252-million from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), AngloGold Ashanti CEO Kelvin Dushnisky said on Monday. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company drew attention to the outstanding cash balances awaiting repatriation from the DRC in a first... →
Kefi raises £3.7m for Ethiopian gold project development
By: Simone Liedtke 11th May 2020 Aim-listed Kefi Minerals has conditionally raised £3.7-million, before expenses, through the placing of 569-million new ordinary shares in the capital of the company to existing and new shareholders. Investors in the placing include UK investor RAB Capital, which will hold 236-million shares,... →
Fortuna raises $60m to complete Lindero construction
By: Mariaan Webb 11th May 2020 NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Silver Mines on Monday announced that it would raise $60-million to fund the remaining construction and preproduction-related expenditures at its Lindero project, in Argentina. The company entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by Scotiabank... →
Oriole aims to start 3 000 m drill programme in Cameroon later this year
By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th May 2020 Aim-listed Oriole Resources is ready to start with a maiden drilling programme at the Bibemi gold project, in Cameroon, as soon as Covid-19-related travel restrictions are lifted later this year. The company has announced that results from an exploration programme done late last year had... →
Polymetal sells noncore asset
By: Creamer Media Reporter 11th May 2020 Russian gold mining company is continuing to advance its noncore asset disposals, announcing on Monday the sale of its North Kaluga property for a total of $27-million. North Kaluga is a polymetallic deposit located in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. The property's mineral resources comprise... →
Pan African lifts Covid help to R5m, recalls workers, unhedges
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2020 Gold mining company Pan African Resources stated on Monday that it had increased its Covid-19 assistance to R5-million, recalled its permitted employees, updated production guidance and removed hedging from the end of June. Headed by CEO Cobus Loots, the London- and Johannesburg-listed company... →
Pan African's Fairview gold operation.
Alkane granted approval for Tomingley plan
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th May 2020 The New South Wales’ Resources Regulator has given ASX-listed Alkane Resources approval to develop an exploration drive from its existing Wyoming One underground operation, at its Tomingley gold project, in New South Wales, to the Roswell and San Antonio deposits, some 4 km south of the mine.... →
SolGold agrees up to $150m royalty financing for Ecuador project
By: Mariaan Webb 11th May 2020 Dual-listed SolGold has secured a royalty financing package for its flagship Alpala project with Toronto-headquartered royalty and streamlining company Franco Nevada, paving the way for the “rapid advancement” of the copper/gold project, in Ecuador. The package consists of a $100-million net... →
Coronavirus sickens almost 90 at biggest Russian gold mine
By: , Bloomberg 11th May 2020 Almost 90 workers at Russia’s largest gold mine, operated by Polyus, have contracted the coronavirus, according to the public health agency. The miners’ unit at the Siberian province of Krasnoyarsk recorded 82 new cases of the deadly virus in the past day, taking the total to 89, the press... →
AngloGold cash flow soars 231%, liquidity boosted to $2bn
By: Martin Creamer 11th May 2020 Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti more than trebled first-quarter cash flow from operating activities, bolstered its available liquidity to more than $2-billionn and improved leverage as key mines delivered solid performances. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO... →
KORE Mining receives continued support from major shareholders
By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th May 2020 The share price of TSX-V-listed KORE Mining rose 18% after the company on Friday announced a follow-on strategic investment from its two major shareholders. Investor Eric Sprott, through 2176423 Ontario, and Macquarie Bank are subscribing for a private placement of C$3-million, consisting of 6... →
Balmoral shareholder thumbs-up for Wallbridge merger
By: Donna Slater 8th May 2020 An “overwhelming majority” of the securityholders of TSX-listed Balmoral Resources have voted in favour of the special resolution approving the merger with fellow-listed Wallbridge Mining. Securityholders cast votes at the special meeting of the company on May 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia. →
China’s Shandong Gold to buy TMAC, securing Hope Bay future
By: Mariaan Webb 8th May 2020 China’s Shandong Gold Mining (SD Gold) has agreed to buy Canada’s TMAC Resources, securing continued investment in the remote Hope Bay mine, in Nunavut. SD Gold will acquire all the outstanding shares of TMAC at C$1.75 a share in cash, which the Canadian company said on Friday was a 52% premium... →
Integra resumes drilling in Idaho
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th May 2020 TSX-V-listed Integra Resources has resumed drilling at the DeLamar project, in Idaho. The company has put enhanced operational procedures in place to protect the health of staff and contractors. →
Hudbay presells gold to fund mill refurbishment
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th May 2020 TSX- and NYSE-listed Hudbay Minerals has struck a transaction with existing lenders to fund its Snow Lake gold growth initiatives, in Manitoba, raising $115-million. Though the arrangement, the company will receive an upfront payment in exchange for delivering 79 954 oz of gold in 2022 and 2023,... →
B2Gold testing finds 10 positive Covid-19 cases at Mali mine
By: Mariaan Webb 8th May 2020 Proactive testing at gold miner B2Gold’s Fekola mine, in Mali, has identified ten positive Covid-19 cases, nine of which are asymptomatic. The company is now considering conducting comprehensive onsite testing of all employees for coronavirus with the goal of testing each employee prior to... →
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