Pretium Resources Inc
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Gahcho Kué, Brucejack mines grapple with Covid outbreaks
De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds have suspended operations at their jointly owned Gahcho Kué diamond mine, 280 km north of Yellowknife, as they work to contain a Covid-19 outbreak that began last week. In addition to two cases in…
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Pretium makes new discovery around Brucejack
Pretium Resources’ 25,350-metre 2020 exploration program led to the discovery of a new zone of epithermal-style gold mineralization, the Hanging Glacier zone. The gold producer has released the results of its 2020 grassroots exploration program completed within the 1,200-sq.-km land…
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Seabridge grows footprint in B.C. with Pretium asset buy
Canada’s Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) is buying Pretium Resources’ (NYSE: PVG) Snowfield property in northwest British Columbia for $100 million in cash, a 1.5% net smelter royalty related to all production and a $20 million future contingent payment. The Toronto-based…
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MINING PEOPLE: Brunswick Exploration, Foran, Maple, Pretium, Treasury
Management appointments announced this week include: Mapi Mobwano has been named president and CEO of ArcelorMittal Mining Canada. Brunswick Exploration has announced management changes: Robert Wares, chairman of the company, has been named CEO; Killian Charles is now the company’s…
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MINING PEOPLE: California Gold, Foran, Pasofino Gold, Pretium, Stria Lithium
Management moves announced this week include: Ian Harris has been named VP of engineering with Benchmark Metals. The board of California Gold Mining has terminated Vishal Gupta as the company’s president and CEO. Larry Phillips, a director of the company,…
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Time to shine
Amidst a growing gold rally, CMJ highlights Canada’s Top 10 gold mines.
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GOLD: Pretium posts strong Q2 results
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Pretium Resources‘ Brucejack underground mine, 65 km north of Stewart, produced 90,419 oz. of gold in the second quarter, close to the previous year’s figure of 90,761 oz., in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, which…
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SAFETY: Pretium reports fatality at Brucejack mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA – An incident took place last Friday at Pretium Resources’ Brucejack mine near Stewart, which resulted in the death of one worker, the company reported over the weekend. The isolated incident occurred during maintenance at a support facility on surface, Pretium…
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MINING PEOPLE: Colorado, Hycroft, Imperial, Marathon, Pretium, Strongbow
Management moves announced this week include: Pamela White has been appointed corporate secretary of Bell Copper. Tony Barresi will become president and a director of Colorado Resources at the beginning of August. Barresi was previously president and a director of…
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MINING PEOPLE: Filo Mining, Gold X, Great Bear, Great Thunder, Mag Silver, Metso Outotec
Management moves announced this week include: Alister Hume is now the business development manager for Altus Strategies, a mining royalty company. Maurizio Napoli has retired from his roles as interim president and VP of exploration with Crystal Lake Mining. Cole…
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MINING PEOPLE: ATAC, Maya Gold & Silver, New Pacific Metals, Pima Zinc, Pretium
Adam Coulter has been named VP of Exploration with ATAC Resources; Andrew Carne is also joining the company as VP of corporate and project development. Fabio Ribeiro has joined the board of Aura Minerals. Peter Kuhn has been named interim…
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GOLD: Pretium lowers Valley of the Kings reserve grade
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Pretium Resources has released updated resources and reserves for the Valley of the Kings zone at the Brucejack mine as well as an updated life of mine plan. Most notable is the 36% drop in the reserve…
