Exploration & development

A track-mounted drilling rig has arrived at Argonaut Resources’ Murdie project site.

Baru Gold Corp. has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the 2021 annual budget, which includes a 35 000 m resource development drilling programme targeted to start in mid-2021 and run for 13 months until completion.

Newmont Corporation and GT Gold Corp. have signed a binding agreement in which Newmont will acquire all remaining common shares of GT Gold.

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has announced that Shukhrat Ibragimov has been appointed to its Board of Managers.

Fosterville South Exploration Ltd has reported new gold assay results from the ongoing drill programme at its Energetic Reefs prospect located within the Lauriston Project in Victoria, Australia.

Patagonia Gold has received definitive environmental permits for both the development of its Cap-Oeste Gold/Silver Project and the restart of its Lomada de Leiva Gold Project.

Altus Strategies Plc has announced the identification of numerous high priority gold targets from remote sensing across all four of its projects in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.

Alien Metals Ltd has released an update regarding its high-grade silver project located at Elizabeth Hill, Western Australia.

Condor Gold has announced that the first 26 drill holes for a combined 1296 m of diamond drill core have been completed on the La India Starter Pit infill drilling programme.

Meridian Mining has announced the granting of the key environmental permit, LOPM, required for commencing exploration activities at its Cabaçal VMS Copper-Gold project.

IAMGOLD Corp. has announced additional assay results from its delineation diamond drilling programme at the Gosselin Zone discovery, located approximately 1.5 km northeast of the Côté Gold deposit.

Red 5 Limited has announced two significant new milestones in the development of the King of the Hills (KOTH) Gold Project in Western Australia.

Galileo Resources plc has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Siege Mining Ltd, in relation to the ceding of ownership and operation of the Star Zinc Project.

Mirasol Resources Ltd. has reported that drilling has commenced at the Inca Gold project, located in the Region III of Chile.

The Peruvian mining industry is reportedly on course to have one of the fastest post-pandemic economic recoveries in the world in 2021.