District-scale gold upside emerging at Sun Summit’s JD Project

Niel Marotta, CEO of Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SMN | OTCQB: SMREF), discusses the company’s advancement of its flagship JD Project in British Columbia’s Toodoggone District, supported by strong ...
Wall Street Journal

Royal Gold Aims to Boost Scale, Gold Output With $3.5 Billion Sandstorm Gold Acquisition

Royal Gold RGLD-0.06%decrease; red down pointing triangle is looking to expand its scale and diversification by acquiring Sandstorm Gold for $3.5 billion, expanding its gold production by nearly ...
Mongabay

Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?

For at least 16 million people worldwide, artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity, particularly in rural, impoverished communities. But the industry is ...
The Conversation

Senegal’s small scale gold miners still use poisonous mercury: how to reduce the harm

Jacqueline Gerson receives funding from World Connect and the National Science Foundation. “Do not fish in these waters.” “Contains high levels of mercury.” These warnings are shown at thousands of ...
CNBC

As gold scales all-time highs, Wall Street analysts say it has even further to go

Gold is scaling record highs, with the gold contract for April closing above $2,100 per ounce for the first time. Analysts at Citi describe themselves as "medium-term bullion bulls," and see gold as a ...
C&EN

The push to mine gold without mercury

In the Philippines, as in many places across the globe, mercury has long been central to how small-scale gold miners earn their living. Used as an easy way to separate gold from other minerals they ...
The Conversation

Small‑scale gold miners in DRC challenge the view that they can’t cut it

Ben Radley received funding from the Leverhulme Trust under grant number SAS-2016-047/7. Artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa has grown significantly in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2019, ...