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Barrick Gold eyes more copper assets in Africa 1 Gold Mining in Zambia 

Barrick Gold eyes more copper assets in Africa

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Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) wants to add more copper assets to its African portfolio buoyed by a looming deficit and high prices for the industrial metal, which is also a key component in the making of electric vehicles (EVs) and the renewables sector. The Canadian gold giant already owns the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, which inherited through its acquisition of Randgold Resources in 2019. The operation was rumoured to be one of 13 assets Barrick sought to sell after the $6 billion merger. The company had a change of heart after President Hakainde Hichilema won a… Read More Here
Gold price extends decline as dollar rallies to 20-year high 2 International Gold 

Gold price extends decline as dollar rallies to 20-year high

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Gold prices extended losses on Monday as the dollar rallied to two-decade highs while US Treasury yields also advanced, curbing investors’ enthusiasm for the safe haven metal. Coming off a run of three straight weekly losses spot gold declined another 1.0% to $1,863.96 per ounce by 12:25 p.m. ET Monday. US gold futures, too, dropped 1.0% in New York, trading at $1,862.60 per ounce. Bullion has been sliding since mid-April as the Federal Reserve and other central banks tighten policy to fight rising consumer prices. The monetary squeeze has sent… Read More Here
Ivanhoe Mines Completes Platreef's Production Shaft 1 at the Tier-One Palladium,in South Africa 3 Copper Gold New Mining Projects 

Ivanhoe Mines Completes Platreef’s Production Shaft 1 at the Tier-One Palladium,in South Africa

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 Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF) Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President, Marna Cloete, announced today at the African Mining Indaba Conference, the completion of the Shaft 1 production changeover at the company’s tier-one Platreef palladium, rhodium, nickel, platinum, copper and gold project in South Africa. Shaft 1 will serve as Platreef’s initial production shaft and is approximately 450 metres away from the first high-grade area of the Flatreef orebody scheduled to be mined during Phase 1 production. On April 22, 2022, Ivanplats celebrated the first blast at Platreef’s 950-metre level,… Read More Here
Gold price pulls back after rate hike bounce 4 Gold International 

Gold price pulls back after rate hike bounce

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Gold prices pulled back on Thursday after rising as much as 1% following the half-a-point interest rate hike announced by the US Federal Reserve, the biggest in 22 years. Spot gold slipped 0.2% to $1,876.52 per ounce by 12:30 p.m. ET, having earlier hit its highest since April 29. US gold futures gained a modest 0.3% to $1,875.00 per ounce in New York. “I don’t think a whole lot changed in overall Fed policy from yesterday’s meeting, but it just gave gold and silver traders an excuse to rally the… Read More Here
Barrick Gold Q1 profit beat estimates, doubles dividend 5 Gold International 

Barrick Gold Q1 profit beat estimates, doubles dividend

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Miner Barrick Gold doubled its quarterly dividend on Wednesday after reporting first-quarter profit above Wall Street expectations, on the back of higher gold and copper prices. Gold, traditionally seen as a safe haven to invest in during times of financial uncertainty, rose above $2 000/oz in early March after Russia invaded Ukraine. It has since retreated to around $1 850/oz. The miner’s realized gold price in the quarter rose 5.6% to $1 876/oz from a year earlier, while copper saw a near 14% increase to $4.68./lb. However, the company’s gold production in… Read More Here
Gold price falls to near 3-month low as Fed meeting approaches 6 Gold International 

Gold price falls to near 3-month low as Fed meeting approaches

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Gold prices fell to a near three-month low on Monday as increased prospects of faster rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve lifted both Treasury yields and the dollar, swaying investors away from the precious metal. Spot gold declined 1.6% to $1,869.52 per ounce by 12:20 p.m. ET, its lowest since mid-February. US gold futures took a 2.3% hit, trading at $1,867.50 per ounce in New York. Meanwhile, the dollar hovered close to a 20-year high amid global growth concerns and expectations of more hawkish tone from the Fed. Benchmark… Read More Here
With the exception of tantalum, all other main DRC export minerals are trending down this week from May 2-7, 2022 7 Copper Cobalt Gold Mining in DRC Zinc 

With the exception of tantalum, all other main DRC export minerals are trending down this week from May 2-7, 2022

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The general trend of the main mineral export products of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is downward for the main mineral exports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to projections by the National Mercurial Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Only tantalum is showing an uptrend this week. It is trading on the international market at 390 USD per Kg against 386.60 USD per Kg last week, i.e. a price increase of 3.4 USD. Copper is down this week at 10,047.05 USD per tonne against 10,284.55 USD… Read More Here
Gold price back above $1,900, but still on pace for monthly drop 8 Gold International 

Gold price back above $1,900, but still on pace for monthly drop

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Gold reversed course and climbed back above the $1,900/oz level on Friday, as the precious metal was boosted by a pullback in the dollar. Spot gold gained 0.8% to $1,910.26/oz by 11:00 a.m. ET, having dropped to a two-month low earlier this week. US gold futures were up by 1.2%, trading at $1,915.30/oz on the Comex. “The dollar strengthening early in the week was a major driver for the gold weakness, and as we’ve seen the dollar reverse … that is clearly lending some support to gold,” Saxo Bank analyst Ole Hansen told Reuters,… Read More Here
Shanta on track to become 100 000 oz/y gold producer 9 Gold 

Shanta on track to become 100 000 oz/y gold producer

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Aim-listed Shanta Gold recorded a good start to the year operationally, with mining beginning a month ahead of schedule at the high-grade Bauhinia Creek Crown Pillar at the New Luika gold mine (NLGM), in Tanzania, CEO Eric Zurrin notes in a production and operational results update for the quarter ended March 31. “With the initial ore being mined at the expected grades of 8 g/t, we are confident that our 2022 guidance of 68 000 oz to 76 000 oz has been significantly derisked,” he says. Further, the company’s Singida project, in Tanzania, remains on budget and on schedule, and with construction well… Read More Here
Gold price slips below $1,900 as rate hike fears get better of safe haven metal 10 Gold International 

Gold price slips below $1,900 as rate hike fears get better of safe haven metal

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Gold prices slipped further on Monday as prospects of aggressive policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve and a stronger dollar dimmed the precious metal’s safe haven appeal. Spot gold dropped 1.7% to $1,896.42 an ounce by 12:25 p.m. ET, the first time it fell below $1,900 in four weeks. US gold futures slumped by 2.0% to trade at $1,896.00 an ounce. “It seems that the fears about rate hikes have gotten the upper hand as of late,” Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke told Reuters. With expectations for a half-percentage point interest… Read More Here

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