Finance & business

Centerra Gold has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gemfield Resources, owner of the Goldfield District Project, from Waterton Nevada Splitter.

South32 Ltd has completed the acquisition of a 45% interest in the Sierra Gorda copper mine from Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp.

Royalty North has begun transitioning its business to copper through the acquisition of high-quality copper-gold mining assets from Sandstorm Gold Royalties.

Akobo Minerals has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ethiopian commercial bank, Oromia Bank.

Pure Gold Mining has appointed Terrence Smith as COO and Bryan Wilson as Vice President Mine General Manager of the PureGold Mine, located in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Orea Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of IAMGOLD Corp. to acquire the Maripa Gold Project, located in French Guiana.

Develop has agreed to acquire the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in NSW, Australia, for an upfront consideration of AUS$30 million.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has been awarded a contract from BHP for the Jansen Potash project, located in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.

ALLU has appointed Pierre-Emmanuel Bujes as its new Operations Director for China.

Glencore has entered a strategic global marketing relationship with United States Strategic Metals, LLC.

Steenkampskraal Holdings Ltd has announced a substantial investment in the company by Monoceros Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd.

NRW Holdings Ltd has advised that its wholly owned subsidiary Golding Contractors Pty Ltd has signed a contract with OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd, trading as SIMEC Mining, to extend the current mining services agreement for a further three years.

AVZ Minerals Ltd has committed to invest AUS$25 million to advance its drilling programme at Roche Dure and early works programme for the Manono Lithium and Tin Project.

Newmont Corp. and Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. have entered into a definitive purchase agreement through which Newmont will acquire Buenaventura’s 43.65% interest in Minera Yanacocha.

Thiess has been appointed by Pembroke Resources as the successful contractor for the provision of mining services for the Olive Downs Project in Queensland, Australia.