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Newmont Mining has secured a $US10 billion ($13.9 billion) acquisition of Goldcorp in a deal that will form a world-leading gold producer.

Diversified Minerals has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Dargues gold project in New South Wales to DRA Global.

Dacian Gold has met its goal of achieving a December start to commercial production at the Mt Morgans gold operation near Laverton, Western Australia.

China Molybdenum Company (CMOC) and Sumitomo have approved the development of a new block cave mine to expand the Northparkes Mines copper-gold operation in New South Wales.

Resolute Mining’s growth ambitions at its gold operations in West Africa and Australia remain on target.

Joint venture partners AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group have confirmed that underground mining is technically and financially viable at the Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia.

The board of gold company Explaurum has urged shareholders to accept a revised takeover offer from Ramelius Resources, overriding a recently approved investment by Alkane Resources.

Former Rio Tinto chief executive officer Sam Walsh has been appointed chairman of Gold Corporation, operator of The Perth Mint. Walsh will succeed Don Mackay-Coghill, who held the position of chairman since 2016. He will guide an organisation that refines more than 350 tonnes of gold and 650 tonnes of silver each year. Western Australian … Continue reading Perth Mint appoints Sam Walsh as chairman →

Dacian Gold is on track to establish a 10-year mine life while averaging more than 200,000 ounces a year at its Mt Morgans gold operation near Laverton in West Australia.

Capricorn Metals has secured a $107 million funding package that will be used to advance development of the Karlawinda gold project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Adaman Resources has awarded a mill construction contract at its Kirkalocka gold project near Mt Magnet in Western Australia to MACA.

Intermin Resources and MacPhersons Resources have agreed to merge into a new gold company that will operate in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

OZ Minerals has offered a $1 million reward for the geologists or data scientists who help find its next discovery near the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia.

Newmont Mining expects to produce 1.5 million ounces of gold in Australia in 2019 due to lower mining rates at the Super Pit and continued stripping at Boddington in Western Australia.

Echo Resources has signed a letter of intent to award MACA two mining contracts at the Yandal gold project in Western Australia.

Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources have increased their annual production forecast for the Gruyere gold joint venture project in Western Australia.

Territory Resources has purchased the Edna Beryl Mining Company (EBMC) in the Northern Territory as part of its strategic alliance with Emmerson Resources.

Kirkland Lake Gold is confident the best is yet to come from its Fosterville mine near Bendigo.

BHP has identified iron oxide, copper, gold mineralised system near Australia’s largest reserve of copper and uranium ore, the Olympic Dam operations in South Australia.

The Kalgoorlie Super Pit gold mine in Western Australia is being expanded for the first time in nearly a decade.