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Update: Jaguar Mining CEO resigns, company cuts guidance

August 20, 2018 / Posted Trish Saywell

Shares of Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) lost a third of their value during the Aug. 13-17 trading week after the abrupt resignation of the company's CEO Rod Lamond, along with news that the junior gold miner was cutting its 2018 production guidance to 80,000-85,000 ounces of gold from 90,000-105,000 ounces of gold."Rod's resignation is bad news-he must have felt it was getting hopeless," says an indust...Read More

Armed bandits kill Semafo employee and subcontractor in Burkina Faso

August 20, 2018 / Northern Miner Staff

A Semafo (TSX: OMX) employee and a subcontractor are dead after armed bandits shot at a bus transporting the company's workers 80 km from the town of Bobo-Dioulasso to the Mana mine in Burkina Faso.The shootings on Aug. 17 were preceded on Aug. 13 by the death of five gendarmes and a subcontractor travelling between Semafo's Boungou mine and the town of Fada.The company says it doesn't believe the...Read More

Breathing New Life Into An Old Nevada Copper Mine

August 20, 2018 / Gerardo Del Real

Publisher's Note: Today, we're bringing you an interview between our junior mining expert and editor of Junior Mining Monthly and Junior Mining Trader, Gerardo Del Real, and Executive Chairman of Abacus Mining (TSX-V: AME) (OTC: ABCFF), Mr. Michael McInnis.Abacus is seeing some promising results from recent drilling in Nevada. Read on to learn all about them, the company, and where it goes from h...Read More

John Burzynski on 99.3 County FM

Aug 20, 2018 / Minière Osisko / Osisko Mining

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RT @globallithium: It seems the "Green Tech" world remains clueless about lithium. @greentechmedia

Sun Aug 19 21:08:58 2018 / Joe Lowry

August 19, 2018: Joe Lowry posted an article on LinkedInRead full newsRead More

Australian iron ore miner Fortescue's annual profit halves

Aug. 19, 2018, 8:17 PM / Reuters

Australia's Fortescue Metals said that its annual profit halved as prices for its lower quality iron ore fell, and pledged to wring further efficiencies from its low-cost operations.The world's fourth-largest iron ore miner said underlying net profit after tax came in at $1.08 billion, in line with expectations and down from $2.13 billion a year ago.Fortescue has been hit by falling prices for its...Read More

Here's Why South African Gold Mining Stocks Are Down Big Today

Sun Aug 19 12:47:49 2018 / Staff reporter

Companies desperate to turn struggling operations around have cut jobs left and right, but the government issued a stern warning against further layoffs.Read full newsRead More

Gold mining suspected as cause of Cambodian mass poisonings

Sun Aug 19 10:24:08 2018 / Staff reporter

A spate of mass toxic poisonings in the Cambodian provinces of Kratie and Mondulkiri have hospitalized hundreds and killed at least 16 people since May. Although the causes of the...Read full newsRead More

Proposed gold mine acquires 2 permits from federal agencies

Sun Aug 19 10:24:05 2018 / Staff reporter

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A massive gold mine proposed in western Alaska has cleared a regulatory hurdle, acquiring permits from federal agencies. The Donlin Gold Mine received permits Monday from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management after about six years of environmental review, Alaska's Energy Desk reported . The project required a permit from the Corps because it will...Read More

SSR Mining reports Q2 results

Sun Aug 19 10:24:03 2018 / Staff reporter

VANCOUVER - SSR Mining Inc. reported improved financial performance and increased production in its consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended June 30.Read full newsRead More

Here's Why South African Gold Mining Stocks Are Down Big Today

Sun Aug 19 10:24:01 2018 / Staff reporter

Companies desperate to turn struggling operations around have cut jobs left and right, but the government issued a stern warning against further layoffs.Read full newsRead More

Gemfields' operation in Ethiopia under siege by armed groups

Aug. 19, 2018, 10:04 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Precious gemstones miner Gemfields denounced this week that there has been a significant influx of firearm-bearing illegal miners and handlers at its majority-controlled emerald bulk-sampling operations in southern Ethiopia.The 200-square-kilometre emerald exploration licence is owned by Web Gemstone Mining plc, an Ethiopian company in which Gemfields holds a 75 per cent interest.Back in June, the...Read More

Gemfields' operation in Ethiopia under siege by armed groups

Aug. 19, 2018, 10:04 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Precious gemstones miner Gemfields denounced this week that there has been a significant influx of firearm-bearing illegal miners and handlers at its majority-controlled emerald bulk-sampling operations in southern Ethiopia.The 200-square-kilometre emerald exploration licence is owned by Web Gemstone Mining plc, an Ethiopian company in which Gemfields holds a 75 per cent interest.Back in June, the...Read More

Here's Why South African Gold Mining Stocks Are Down Big Today

Sun Aug 19 09:27:40 2018 / Staff reporter

Companies desperate to turn struggling operations around have cut jobs left and right, but the government issued a stern warning against further layoffs.Read full newsRead More

Mine collapse in Zimbabwe kills one, injures three

Aug. 19, 2018, 9:20 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Local media are reporting that one person died and three were injured after a wall collapsed at the community-operated Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe.The miners were digging for gold and allegedly were using explosives, which weakened the shaft where they were working.Three of them ended up trapped for a few hours but were rescued by colleagues working nearby while the fatal victim, identi...Read More

Mine collapse in Zimbabwe kills one, injures three

Aug. 19, 2018, 9:20 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Local media are reporting that one person died and three were injured after a wall collapsed at the community-operated Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe.The miners were digging for gold and allegedly were using explosives, which weakened the shaft where they were working.Three of them ended up trapped for a few hours but were rescued by colleagues working nearby while the fatal victim, identi...Read More

What a copper band unveiled about Ancient Americans

Aug. 19, 2018, 8:18 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

A copper band found in Coastal Georgia revealed that ancient Native Americans engaged in extensive trade networks spanning far greater distances than what has been previously thought.Discovered by a group of anthropologists, the band is slightly wider than a bracelet. It was located alongside the cremated remains of at least seven individuals at a burial site. According to the researchers, this is...Read More

What a copper band unveiled about Ancient Americans

Aug. 19, 2018, 8:18 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

A copper band found in Coastal Georgia revealed that ancient Native Americans engaged in extensive trade networks spanning far greater distances than what has been previously thought.Discovered by a group of anthropologists, the band is slightly wider than a bracelet. It was located alongside the cremated remains of at least seven individuals at a burial site. According to the researchers, this is...Read More

Chile's Antofagasta expects more copper price volatility -media

Aug. 19, 2018, 8:15 AM / Reuters

Chile's Antofagasta, one of the world's leading copper producers, expects copper prices to continue to be volatile due to global trade tensions, the head of the company was quoted in a local newspaper as saying on Sunday.Ivan Arriagada, chief executive of Antofagasta, said he expected copper prices to be affected by global uncertainty, according to an interview published in Chilean newspaper La Te...Read More

RT @YahooFinance: Venezuela debt wreck marks new milestone as $6.1 billion unpaid

Sun Aug 19 06:48:26 2018 / Yahoo Finance

Venezuela's debt crisis passed a new milestone as the government missed a principal payment on one of its bonds for the first time this week, boosting arrears on international securities to $6.1 billion....Read full newsRead More

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