Finance & business

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa finalises a three-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers on behalf of a number of major coal producers.

Kingston Resources Ltd appoints geologist Mike Woodbury as Exploration Manager of Misima Gold project, Papua New Guinea.

Sibanye-Stillwater enters a deal with DRDGOLD Ltd, in which Sibanye-Stillwater will exchange selected surface gold resources for a 38% stake in DRDGOLD.

Prize Mining Corp. enters into an agreement which dictates that it will acquire a 100% interest in the Manto Negro Copper project in Mexico.

Altus Strategies executes a definitive binding arrangement agreement with Legend Gold Corp.

Samco Gold Ltd receives approval from all of the required shareholders and regulatory bodies to close the sale of the El Dorado Monserrat project in Argentina.

Aurelia Metals enters binding agreement with New Gold to acquire Peak Mines for AUS$58 million.

Potash Ridge Corp. signs a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Canada Coal Inc. to enable the potential purchase, joint venture or otherwise complete transaction for the assets of Valleyfield Fertilizer Corp.

P. Kelly Tompkins, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs, intends to retire from the company as of the end of the year.

Priyank Thapliyal, Executive Director at Pallinghurst Resources Ltd, is to take up the role of CEO at Jupiter Mines.

Peak Resources names their new CEO as Rocky Smith.

Bounty Mining purchases Cook Colliery and Minyango project from Caledon Coal Pty Ltd and Blackwater Coal Pty Ltd.

NGEx acquires the other 40% interest in the Josemaría project previously owned by its partner Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corp.

Liquidation applications of Rockwell Diamond’s subsidiaries postponed to 16 March 2018.

Goldcorp Inc. completes the previously announced sale of its stake in the Camino Rojo Oxide project, in Zacatecas, Mexico, to Orla Mining Ltd.