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Evolution Mining Mungari expansion project.

MiningPremiumGold price peak warning and Evolution gets caught short

The ‘global authority on gold’ believes the price of the precious metal may have hit a ceiling, while short sellers train their sights on the second-largest gold miner domiciled in Australia.

Adrian Rauso

Burkina Fasoâs new coup leader Captain Ibrahim Traore gives a news conference.

MiningPremiumSubi’s WAF hands Burkina Faso a bigger slice of golden pie

The $3.1 billion gold producer has ceded a larger stake in three mines to Burkina Faso’s rulers amid a broader trend of resource nationalism sweeping through West Africa.

Adrian Rauso

The Hopes Hill prospect

MiningCommentsPremiumPrized Golden Horse saddles up for $15m raising

Investors are jockeying to punt on a promising gold explorer that has almost doubled in value since its Australian Securities Exchange debut.

Adrian Rauso

General Mamady Doumbouya stands at his swearing in ceremony during 2021 in the Guinean capital of Conakry.

MiningCommentsPremiumReports of cancelled mining licences spooks Resolute

A broadcast in Guinea has led Resolute Mining to believe its mining exploration permit might have been cancelled, putting $39 million at stake.

Adrian Rauso

Genesis Minerals managing director Raleigh Finlayson.

MiningCommentsPremiumGenesis Minerals in Focus for $250m gold buy

A China-backed gold miner worth $60 million has taken advantage of the soaring price of bullion by offloading a non-core project for $250m.

Ben Harvey

A Westgold processing mill near Meekatharra.

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Westgold shopping around in the Murchison

The mid-tier gold producer is reputedly at the negotiating table with two companies in its backyard just nine months after making a $1.2 billion purchase.

Adrian Rauso

The Agnew proccessing plant and mine. Gold Fields

MiningPremiumPerenti inks $500m renewal with Gold Fields

Perenti’s underground mining services division has locked in a new contract at nearly double the annual price of its previous extension during the pre-COVID era.

Adrian Rauso

Kalgoorlie-Boulder based mining consultant Darryl Mapleson leaving Perth Magistrates Court in December.

MiningPremiumBeacon Minerals adviser pleads guilty to insider trading

A geological consultant faces jail time after admitting to insider trading over suspect share purchases ahead of positive drill results at a Goldfields project.

Adrian Rauso

Paul Criddle

MiningPremiumMining CEO quits despite assault charges being dropped

Paul Criddle is not returning to Capricorn Metals as its chief executive despite aggravated assault charges against him being thrown out.

Adrian Rauso

Shire of Coolgardie president Mal Cullen.

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Council slugs miners with ‘outrageous’ double rate hike

A scandal-plagued Goldfields council facing financial ruin is raring to jack up its annual mining rates by 119 per cent in a gut punch to local mineral explorers.

Adrian Rauso

Zijin Mining Group chairman Chen Jinghe presents during a congratulations video shown during the Norton Gold Fields Binduli north heap leach project opening day

MiningPremiumDebt owed to parent takes shine off gold miner’s profit

The WA gold mining subsidiary of a $100 billion Chinese powerhouse is back in the black, although a growing pile of inter-company loans kept a lid on taxable profit.

Adrian Rauso

US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping have agreed to put a pause on some tariffs.

EconomyMarkets lift after US-China peace talks

A ceasefire in America’s trade war with China has sparked an enthusiastic Tuesday morning for share markets.

Matt Mckenzie

Gold remains almost a quarter higher this year, although the easing of US-China tensions has given traders a clear indication President Donald Trump’s administration is taking a softer approach to the clashes.

GoldCommentsGold holds loss as markets latch onto US-China optimism

Gold steadied after a sharp selloff as a major de-escalation in US-China trade tensions hurt demand for havens. 

Sybilla Gross

Recently, gold prices hit a record high of $US3500 ($5402) per ounce.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumHow the gold rush caught the attention of investors

The price of gold has been on an unrelenting upward trajectory, capturing the attention of investors and economists alike. 

Jason Featherby

Magnetic Resources boss George Sakalidis John Koh.

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Seven goldies line up for Lady Julie

The voracious appetite for WA’s gold-rich land shows no signs of being subdued with seven miners jumping in the data room of a $400 million company.

Adrian Rauso

Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson.

MiningPremiumOver 800 fight for 70 jobs at Genesis in boom time for gold

Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson reckons a cooler labour market in WA’s mining sector could ease the competition for experienced underground miners, despite reporting huge turnout for a recent job ad.

Simone Grogan

Drilling at Gonneville

MiningPremiumIron poured into Chalice plan for Gonneville

Another metal could soon be ‘unexpectedly’ added to the mix of Chalice Mining’s proposed mixed metals mine on farmland near Toodyay.

Adrian Rauso

Gold Road Resources Managing Director and Chief Executive Duncan Gibbs.

MiningCommentsPremiumGold Fields and Gold Road finish Gruyere feud for $3.7b

Gold Road Resources has squeezed an extra $380 million from Gruyere gold mine partner Gold Fields after shaking hands on a $3.7 billion buyout deal.

Adrian Rauso

Byrnecut Group executive chairman Steve Coughlan.

ContractingCommentsPremiumMining contractor trio share in $35m payout bonanza

Dividends have grown more than fourfold for Byrnecut’s backers as the underground mining contractor basks in gold’s bull run.

Adrian Rauso

The Gruyere processing plant by night.

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Gold Fields poised to improve $3.3b Gold Road offer

The Gruyere takeover tussle could soon reach a climax after Gold Fields suggested it wants a second bite of the cherry.

Adrian Rauso

The Perth Mint. D Max Photography

GoldCommentsPremiumPerth Mint hopeful of Austrac green light

State-owned Gold Corporation is confident it has done enough to meet the demands of financial crimes regulator AUSTRAC as it seeks to repair the damage from years of compliance problems.

Matt Mckenzie

Drilling at the Doropo project.

MiningPremiumMiner still resolute on West Africa after extortion

A shakedown in Mali has seen gold miner Resolute Mining pay $US150 million ($234m) to significantly step up its presence in a neighbouring West African country.

Adrian Rauso

Regis Resources chief executive Jim Beyer.

MiningPremiumFrustrated Regis Resources lands McPhillamys court date

A WA gold miner suing the Federal Government over a $1 billion project blocked on heritage protection grounds last year is frustrated it will have to wait another seven months to have a case heard. 

Simone Grogan

Northern Star Resources experienced “operational challenges” at the Super Pit during the March quarter.

Lowering sightsPremiumNorthern Star Resources cuts FY25 production guidance

Northern Star Resources has lowered its production guidance for the current financial year because of delays accessing the high-grade Golden Pike North area of the Super Pit.

Neil Watkinson