By Rhiannon Hoyle This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (February 8, 2018). SYDNEY -- Rio Tinto PLC said it was hunting for acquisitions including in new commodities such as lithium, as it handed more cash to shareholders through an increased buyback program and record annual...Read More
Mr. Vishal Gupta reportsCALIFORNIA GOLD ANNOUNCES POSITIVE FIRST ASSAYS FROM RESOURCE DRILLING AT QUEEN SPECIMEN ZONE - INTERSECTS 30.2 M OF 1.21 G/T AU, INCLUDING 9.3 M OF 2.37 G/T AU AT ITS FREMONT GOLD PROJECT**California Gold Mining Inc. has released the first set of assay results from the recently commenced resource drilling program at the Queen Specimen zone at its flagship Fremont project i...Read More
Mr. Vishal Gupta reportsCALIFORNIA GOLD ANNOUNCES POSITIVE FIRST ASSAYS FROM RESOURCE DRILLING AT QUEEN SPECIMEN ZONE - INTERSECTS 30.2 M OF 1.21 G/T AU, INCLUDING 9.3 M OF 2.37 G/T AU AT ITS FREMONT GOLD PROJECT**California Gold Mining Inc. has released the first set of assay results from the recently commenced resource drilling program at the Queen Specimen zone at its flagship Fremont project i...Read More
Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), has joined the debate over the Democratic Republic of Congo's imminent hike to mining taxes by saying his company would pay higher royalties and taxes, but only if that money benefits locals.The Vancouver-based company, which is developing the Kamoa-Kakula copper deposit in the Central African nation...Read More
Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), has joined the debate over the Democratic Republic of Congo's imminent hike to mining taxes by saying his company would pay higher royalties and taxes, but only if that money benefits locals.The Vancouver-based company, which is developing the Kamoa-Kakula copper deposit in the Central African nation...Read More
Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland, founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN), has joined the debate over the Democratic Republic of Congo's imminent hike to mining taxes by saying his company would pay higher royalties and taxes, but only if that money benefits locals.The Vancouver-based company, which is developing the Kamoa-Kakula copper deposit in the Central African nation...Read More
Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING INC. DRILLS 10.7 M @ 2.02 G/T AU AND 25.2 G/T AG AT 12.2 METERS DOWNHOLE DEPTH AT GOLD SPRINGS PROJECTTrimetals Mining Inc. has released the final results from drill holes completed as part of the 2017 program on the Gold Springs project in Utah and Nevada. SUMMARIZED RESULTSHoleFromToThickness*Gold SilverNo.(m) (m) (m) (g/t)(g/t)E-17-016 7.689.982.30.63 11...Read More
Mr. Eric Edwards reportsTRIMETALS MINING INC. DRILLS 10.7 M @ 2.02 G/T AU AND 25.2 G/T AG AT 12.2 METERS DOWNHOLE DEPTH AT GOLD SPRINGS PROJECTTrimetals Mining Inc. has released the final results from drill holes completed as part of the 2017 program on the Gold Springs project in Utah and Nevada. SUMMARIZED RESULTSHoleFromToThickness*Gold SilverNo.(m) (m) (m) (g/t)(g/t)E-17-016 7.689.982.30.63 11...Read More
Annual ETF inflows added 202.8t to demand, around one-third of 2016's inflows.Bar investment was broadly stable, while coin investment slid 10%.Official gold reserves swelled by 371.4t, 5% down on 2016.2017: Q4 recovery fails to mitigate full-year decline Gold demand rallied in the closing months of 2017, gaining 6% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 1,095.8 tonnes (t) in Q4. But it was too little, too late:...Read More
Sotheby's unveiled Thursday what it calls the "world's largest, rarest and most valuable D-Flawless round white diamond to have ever been offered for private sale, with experts predicting the gem could fetch over $33 million.The 102.34-carat white diamond, mined by De Beers in Botswana, is the only known round brilliant-cut gem over 100 carats perfect according to every critical criterion, said S...Read More
Sotheby's unveiled Thursday what it calls the "world's largest, rarest and most valuable D-Flawless round white diamond to have ever been offered for private sale, with experts predicting the gem could fetch over $33 million.The 102.34-carat white diamond, mined by De Beers in Botswana, is the only known round brilliant-cut gem over 100 carats perfect according to every critical criterion, said S...Read More
Sotheby's unveiled Thursday what it calls the "world's largest, rarest and most valuable D-Flawless round white diamond to have ever been offered for private sale, with experts predicting the gem could fetch over $33 million.The 102.34-carat white diamond, mined by De Beers in Botswana, is the only known round brilliant-cut gem over 100 carats perfect according to every critical criterion, said S...Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb.05, 2018(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX:FF) (OTCQX:FFMGF) (Frankfur...Read full newsRead More
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) said Thursday it had received approval from South African competition authorities to exchange selected assets for a 38% stake in South African DRDGOLD Ltd. (DRD), in a deal valued at R1.3 billion (roughly $108 million at today's rates).Deal gives Sibanye-Stillwater the option to increase its stake in DRDGold to 50.1%The company, Sou...Read More
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) said Thursday it had received approval from South African competition authorities to exchange selected assets for a 38% stake in South African DRDGOLD Ltd. (DRD), in a deal valued at R1.3 billion (roughly $108 million at today's rates).Deal gives Sibanye-Stillwater the option to increase its stake in DRDGold to 50.1%The company, Sou...Read More
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