"Orsu Metals Further Extends Zone 23 from 740 Meters to 900 Meters and has Started Estimation Work for a Maiden Resource with Wardell Armstrong International at Its Sergeevskoe Gold Project, Russia https://t.co/o3WLwckOq7"Read full newsRead More
Detour Gold Corp shareholders voted for five nominees of Paulson and Co and removed the interim CEO and Chairman, among others, from the nine-member board, the hedge fund said on Thursday, ending a months-long proxy fight.Paulson, who owns about 6 percent stake in the gold miner, had nominated eight members to the board. The company "unsuccessfully tried to boost short-term performance".The hedge...Read More
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Private equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management Inc on Thursday urged Hudbay Minerals Inc to replace its chief executive officer and said it would nominate several candidates to the miner's board.Waterton, which raised its stake in the company to nearly 10% from 7%, also said it had withdrawn its request for a special shareholders' meeting.Hudbay did not immediately respond to a request fo...Read More
Shares of ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC) plunged 25% on news that Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) is terminating its earn-in joint venture on the junior's Orion project, part of its 100%-owned Rackla gold property in the Yukon.Barrick declined a request for comment on the decision, but in an investor day presentation last month, the company's head of project evaluation, Rod Quick, stated that m...Read More
Cuba's nickel plus cobalt sulfide production will top 50,000 tonnes this year and earnings are up over 2017, the head of the country's state monopoly Cubaniquel was quoted by local media as stating on Wednesday.Nickel is one of the cash-strapped Communist-run country's most important exports, but revenue from it has suffered in recent years due to a decline in production and prices.The country was...Read More
Indonesian coal miner PT Bayan Resources Tbk has completed the acquisition of its Australian-listed unit Kangaroo Resources Limited in a transaction worth A$226.4 million ($163.7 million), it said in a filing to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on Wednesday."The aim of this share purchase is so that the company can have full control over its subsidiaries owned indirectly by Kangaroo Resources,"...Read More
Coal railway workers at Australian hauler Aurizon Holdings Ltd are planning strikes after a breakdown in pay negotiations, their trade union said, a move that could delay shipments from the world's largest coking coal export region.Miners including BHP Billiton, Glencore , Anglo American and Peabody Energy use Aurizon's four major railways in the state of Queensland to bring coal to port.Protracte...Read More
Anglo American Platinum on Thursday said it expects a 20 percent increase in full-year earnings, helped by an increase in the rand basket price and improved operational performance.Last year the world's largest platinum producer reported headline earnings of 3.9 billion rand ($277 million), or headline earnings per share of 1,482 cents.($1 = 14.0805 rand)(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Ra...Read More
Workers will return to Gold Fields' sole South African mine on Thursday after a six-week strike was called off by the country's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), with production likely to resume in earnest after Christmas. Workers from the largest union operating at the South Deep mine downed tools in November after the bullion producer announced plans to cut 1,100 jobs at the mine - near a thi...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had extended a wage agreement to cover all of its South African gold workforce, potentially putting an end to a strike that has seen almost half of its employees down tools since mid-November.The firm's shares rose 6 percent after the diversified miner said the strike, called by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), was no longer legal...Read More
De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Chitando said.A spokesman for De Beers, an Anglo American unit, said in an email it was not mining in Zimbabwe and did not intend to. Vast Resources said it could not comment.Zimbabwe has been working t...Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE; KL) has drilled high grade and visible gold mineralization on the down plunge extensions of the Swan zone at its Fosterville gold mine in Victoria, Australia.The company says results from 47 new drill holes totaling more than 17,000 metres of underground drilling outside the current measured and indicated Swan resource are confirming its geological model. It has...Read More
A debt swap for cash-strapped state power company Eskom would spiral the country into more debt, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, adding there was need to look at other options to shore up the company's balance sheet.Eskom, which has had to implement power cuts due to coal shortages and poor plant performance, said last week it wants the government to take on 100 billion...Read More
Exploration and development company Bacanora Lithium (LON:BCN) revealed Thursday it is preparing a 2019 stock exchange listing for the subsidiary that holds its 50%-owned Zinnwald lithium deposit in southern Saxony, Germany.The company, best-known for the Sonora lithium project in Mexico, said it had held discussions with its financial advisers about listing Deutsche Lithium and that it expecte...Read More
OK2 Minerals (TSXV: OK) entered into an arms-length definitive agreement with EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX) to acquire the past-producing Bleikvassli Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au Mine, and the Sagvoll and Mer??ker Zn-Cu projects, all located in Norway, as well as the advanced-stage Bastutr??sk Zn-Cu-Au project in Sweden.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that together with the acquisition, it will und...Read More
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"Detour Gold has postponed its planned shareholders meeting after learning that a bloc of investors have sided with Paulson & Co on its quest to overthrow Detour's board. https://t.co/Nz9XYxc8jk #investing #resource #preciousmetals #gold"Read full newsRead More
"Gold Forecast 2019: Companies Weigh In. The gold price has decreased almost 5 percent this year, a contrast to what was predicted at the end of 2017. https://t.co/YyJHsDzMDq #investing #resource #preciousmetals #gold #forecast"Read full newsRead More