Australian miner Ramelius Resources said the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety gave its mining proposal for the Cue gold project in Western Australia the greenlight. Early works is expected to commence this month. Acquired by Ramelius in September 2023 from Musgrave Minerals, Cue is located 40 kilometres north of the Checkers Mill at Ramelius’ Mt Magnet gold…
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Golconda Gold has commenced mining at, and delivered its first ore to the processing plant, from Princeton Top, a key step in its development plan to significantly increase production at its Galaxy gold mine in South Africa. “The commencement of mining at Princeton Top is ahead of schedule and is a testimony to our hard-working team at Galaxy,” said Nick…
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Pan American Silver has agreed to sell its 100% stake in La Arena, which owns the La Arena gold mine as well as the La Arena II project in Peru, to Jinteng (Singapore) Mining, a subsidiary of Zijin Mining. Under the terms of the deal, at closing Zijin will pay US$245 million in cash and will grant Pan American a…
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The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) has concluded that human rights abuses occurred at the Hatu Qi-2 mine in China, which it claimed is majority owned by Dynasty Gold. However, the Vancouver-based miner refutes the allegation. Dynasty Gold said CORE’s investigation and recent report is inaccurate. “Dynasty never conducted mining at the Hatu mine. It was pre-mining exploration that…
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A projected 13 miners are still trapped underground following a gold mine collapse in Russia. The country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations told Reuters that the incident occurred at the Pioneer mine in the Amur region, owned by Russian copper and gold miner UMMC. The group has been underground and unlocatable since 18 March. They are said by local media to…
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K92 Mining said it has temporarily suspended underground operations at its Kainantu gold mine in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea after a suspicious non-industrial incident on 10 March resulted in a death. Processing operations, which were suspended following the incident, have resumed. The miner said it is working with the relevant government authorities under the Criminal Code…
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B2Gold reported that three of its employees have died as a result of injuries sustained when an employee transport convoy was attacked in Mali on February 15. Traveling under Malian gendarme escort, the convoy was transporting B2Gold employees from the Fekola gold mine to Bamako when it was attacked 75 kilometers west of the capital city. B2Gold said mining and…
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Canadian-based, Mexico-focused Luca Mining said testing of the final equipment to complete construction of its Tahuehueto underground gold mine is almost finished. Full story.
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U.S.-based SSR Mining has confirmed the suspension of operations at its Çöpler gold mine in Turkey following a heap leach pad slip. The company, which confirmed the slip was large but offered no further details on damage or injuries, said the incident occurred 12 February during the morning hours. No information is yet available on a restart timeline. Çöpler, 80%…
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Brazilian federal prosecutors asked a judge to annul a contract between Canadian miner Belo Sun Mining and Brazil’s land rights agency to build a gold mine in the Amazon rainforest, reported Reuters. The news agency said prosecutors back the right of families living in settlements near where the Volta Grande mine would be built to be consulted on the project…
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