Finance & business

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.

TPG Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nokia as part of a new partnership to develop and deliver mobile private network innovations for the mining and energy sectors.

Latin Metals has entered into an earn-in agreement granting Barrick Gold the right to acquire interest in multiple properties in Argentina.

West Mining Corp. has fully executed an option agreement with Dean Fraser, confirming it have the right to earn an undivided interest in the Blue Cove Copper Property.

Sandfire Resources Ltd has completed the US$1.865 million acquisition of 100% of the MATSA Mining Complex in south-western Spain.