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China Nonferrous Gold expects to begin trial processing through the plant at its 100%-owned Pakrut gold project, in the Republic of Tajikistan, in October. In its latest interim results, the company reports that the plant is more than 95% complete and with 90 kt of mined ore on the stockpile the company will begin processing […]
KEFI Minerals has reported that it is likely to fund the whole of the US$120 million required to build a mine at its 100%-owned Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethopia, at the project level through a combination of debt, gold streaming and equity funding as well as the participation of the Government of Ethiopia, which […]
Nord Gold, one of the fastest growing gold companies in the world, updated investors on the company’s plans on Monday during the first morning of the prestigious Denver Gold Forum, in Denver, US. Since producing 193 koz in 2008, the company’s gold production has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 31% to 985 […]
Dalradian Resources Inc is raising gross proceeds of C$35 million (approximately £17 million) to fund work towards completion of a feasibility study for its Curraghinalt underground mine project, in Northern Ireland. The work includes 30,000 m of infill drilling to increase confidence in resources, with a resource update expected Q1 2016. The company expects to […]
Central Asia Metals reported EBITDA of US$16.0 million for H1 2015 against US$21.8 million for the corresponding period of 2014. The decline is attributed to the fall in the average copper price received (US$$5,936/t compared with US$7,049/t a year earlier. Because of this, and despite an increase in copper sales, gross revenue fell 10% to […]
At a time when the gold price is offering gold producers few favours, they have responded by cutting operating costs, the one variable they have a certain amount of control over. According to Metals Focus’ latest Gold Mine Cost Service, global gold total cash costs averaged US$664/oz in Q2 2015, a drop of 2% q-o-q […]
EMED Mining has produced the first copper concentrate from its new Proyecto Riotinto copper mine, in Spain, after securing the final permit for mining in July. The mine is now ramping up to its Phase 1 ore production rate of 5 Mt/y and management expects to be able to expand this by 50% by the […]
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), part of the Anglo American group, has agreed to sell its Rustenburg platinum operations to South African gold producer, Sibanye Gold. The total consideration payable is a minimum of R4.5 billion, consisting of an upfront payment of R1.5 billion in cash or shares and a deferred consideration equal to 35% of […]
Glencore has suspended mining at two of its higher cost copper mines – Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mopani, in Zambia. The operations are expected to remain closed for 18 months until the completion of the expansionary and upgrade projects, which are planned to reduce operational costs. The suspension of these operations […]
Condor Gold has initiated a formal strategic review of its business in the light of the relatively low gold price and the lack of appetite for equity financing in the junior exploration sector. The company is a gold explorer which has developed the high grade La India project, in Nicaragua, through to the Pre-Feasibility Study […]