Canadian explorer Ascot Resources has commenced ore processing at its Premier gold project on Nisga’a Nation Treaty Lands in northwestern British Columbia. The company anticipates the pouring of first gold later this month. Full story.
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Westgold Resources and Karora Resources have agreed to merge via a plan of arrangement. The combined company will have a portfolio of Western Australian assets capable of producing 400,000-plus ounces annually. The announcement follows recent news that Australian gold miner Ramelius Resources had ended discussions to purchase Canadian-based, Western Australia-focused Karora. Under the merger terms, Karora shareholders will receive 2.524…
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Australian-headquartered Orica confirmed it has inked a deal to acquire U.S.-based Cyanco Intermediate 4 Corp. for $640 million in a bid to extend its mining chemicals business presence. Officials said the price tag will be paid via financial backing of US$261.9 million along with existing cash and debt facilities. Cyanco, a distributor and maker of sodium cyanide mainly for the…
Read MoreA tunnel collapse at an artisanal gold mine in Mali has taken the lives of more than 70 workers, per an AFP report. The incident occurred on 19 January but was confirmed by a local gold mining group leader on 24 January. Local media have said 73 bodies have been recovered from the operation in the southwestern town of Kangaba,…
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Renewed attention to gold mining at both new and historical sites in Virginia prompted the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine at Virginia Tech to convene a study about the potential impacts of gold mining, chaired by William Hopkins, Virginia Tech professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment. Read…
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South African operator Harmony Gold has confirmed the deaths of four of its employees after an incident at its Kusasalethu operation in the Gauteng province. Officials said 9 May the event near Carletonville was an “infrastructure maintenance-related incident” but did not provide further details. It also did not identify the names or positions of any of the four killed on…
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Josemaria Resources namesake copper-gold project is Argentina’s San Juan province is moving closer to its start thanks to a new mill and cyclone deal between the company and FLSmidth. The supplier confirmed it will be sending three gearless SAG mills as well as three gearless ball mills and cyclones to the site, which has a 150,000-million-tonnes-per-day capacity, by late next…
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NRW Holdings’ mining arm has inked a deal with data analysis group MaxMine to install the latter’s technology at its Dalgaranga gold mining site near Mount Magnet, Western Australia. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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