March 2022
Canadian gold giant Agnico Eagle plots Australian growth
The Canadian owner of Victoria’s Fosterville gold mine will continue working in Australia only if it can run multiple mines here for multiple decades.
- Peter Ker
November 2021
Chalice soars on ‘best ever’ platinum discovery
Analysts say Chalice Mining has made one of the world’s best finds of the metal, useful in hydrogen applications, outside Perth, making it a takeover target.
- Peter Ker
September 2021
Fosterville ‘core’ as $33b gold merger makes ‘Canadian champion’
A combination of Canadian gold mines drove a $15 billion merger of Kirkland Lake and Agnico Eagle but the group said Victoria’s Fosterville mine remains “core”.
- Peter Ker
Ballarat gold mine on the brink amid safety fears
Owners of the Ballarat gold mine have been accused of breaching workplace safety standards as fears grow over its financial future.
- Peter Ker
February 2021
Andrews swims in gold royalties
A new royalty on gold mining in Victoria looks set to rake in far more than was expected when it was launched.
- Peter Ker
February 2021
Chastened Northern Star vows to cut the hedge
The miner will be less inclined to fix future prices for its gold after doing so cost it $69 million in lost revenue over the past three months.
- Peter Ker
October 2019
Gold's most sought-after piece of land up for grabs
Extremely high-grade gold discoveries deep underground have turned Fosterville, near Bendigo, into Australia's most lucrative pure-play gold mine.
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- Peter Ker
July 2019
Game changer: Price spike powers new gold rush
From Orange to Bendigo and Kalgoorlie, Aussie gold miners are on track to pull a record $22 billion out of the ground by 2020.
- Peter Ker
June 2019
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Gold royalty will hit harder than Vic claims: Kirkland
The prime target of Victoria's new gold royalty warns the impost may shorten the life of its flagship Fosterville mine near Bendigo.
- Peter Ker
May 2019
Gold explorer says Victoria's royalty hike is 'only fair'
A Stawell gift of a different kind is coming the way of the Victorian government, after it introduced a new royalty on gold production.
- Peter Ker