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Orezone is the latest TSX-listed miner to seek an ASX listing.

Canada’s Orezone presses go on ASX listing, $39m capital raising

Meet Orezone Gold Corporation, the latest Toronto-listed miner to seek an ASX secondary listing.

Westgold operates mines all over Western Australia.

Westgold Resources shops gold mill acquired in $2.5b Karora merger

The precious metal miner is running a sale process for the Lakewood Mill gold processing facility near Kalgoorlie, as it struggles to digest its acquisition.

The gold price reset its record high 40 times in 2024 and has continued that form this year.

Gold funds burst out of the blocks in 2025 as returns rocket

Fund managers are celebrating a bumper start to the year as the ASX-listed gold stocks finally start to play catch up to the record surge in prices.

Economic uncertainty and declining interest rates have always supported demand for gold as a defensive asset.

‘Big Short’ trader’s bet on gold puts $US3000 in sight

The relentless rally in the gold prices is showing no signs of slowing down. Here’s how the yellow metal became the world’s hottest asset in markets.

Evolution Mining has more than tripled its interim dividend on the back of the soaring gold price.

Evolution Mining triples dividend as gold nears $US3000

The soaring price of the precious metal has almost quadrupled first half profit at the ASX-listed miner, which has rewarded investors with a chunky payout and is targeting copper deals.

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Gold has reached a record high of AU$4630.

Why you should consider gold over faddish private credit

Over the past five years, the precious metal has significantly outperformed government bonds, establishing itself as a compelling option for defensive investors seeking strong long-term returns.

Olympic Dam in South Australia is a major copper production hub for BHP. But it also produces a significant amount of uranium and gold.

BHP buoys uranium bulls with plans for small increase in production

Investors had feared the mining giant would create significantly more supply when it expanded production of copper in Olympic Dam. It says it will not.

A major theme this year is expected to be the gold majors raising funds to pursue juniors – including the likes of Vault Minerals, Predictive Discovery and Spartan Resources – with producing assets and explorers will raise to ramp up their drilling activities.

Rising small cap miners hit the road with NDRs amid gold price boom

Fund manager sources who spoke to Street Talk say they anticipate capital-raising activity will pick up this year.

Orezone is the latest TSX-listed miner to seek an ASX listing.

Canada’s Orezone Gold, Discovery Silver flirt with Aussie IPOs

The Toronto-listed miner, which owns an open-pit mine in Burkina Faso, is exploring a secondary listing in Australia – as is fellow gold player Discovery Silver.

January

Hedge funds are betting a second term for Donald Trump could help spur gold prices even higher.

Trump’s $50trn debt problem has Aussie hedge funds rushing for gold

Some investors are betting the precious metal will soar as President Trump fails to arrest America’s spiralling public debt.

Financial markets were bracing for another trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

Commodity relief as Trump avoids ‘shock and awe’ tariffs

Strategists are now hopeful the US president will increase levies on China only gradually, which would help stabilise the iron ore and base metal markets,

The gold price has also soared as investors flock to the safe haven.

This $7.6 trillion manager says gold could hit $US3100 this year

State Street, the world’s fourth-largest asset manager, is betting the rally in gold prices will extend into 2025 in a potential boon for oversold gold stocks.

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Howard defends bugging; 5 explorers ride gold boom; Russia out of gas

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Sustainably produced gold could attract a premium price in the future.

Five explorers riding the gold price boom

Five smaller ASX-listed miners are well-placed to take advantage of the precious metal’s soaring price.

December 2024

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ASX slips; Gold miners’ silver lining; China’s new stealth aircraft

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

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Gold miner St Barbara has rejected the $210m claim for back taxes by PNG authorities.

Gold miner St Barbara hit with $210m PNG tax demand

The company’s ASX-listed shares fell 36 per cent after subsidiary Simberi Gold was handed a taxation bill that could endanger its viability.

Smorgon stoush triggers gold mine fire sale

One of Australia’s most powerful families have pushed their Chinese partners in the Stawell gold mine into receivership.

The big sting: how a mythical bee halted a gold mine

When a NSW mining project was halted to protect hotly disputed Indigenous heritage it showed a lot has changed since Juukan Gorge, even if the laws haven’t.

A machine cuts sugar cane on a plantation in Batatais, Brazil. Sugar is among Citi’s top commodity picks for next year.

Citi’s five big commodity calls for 2025

Following a tough year for traders, the US broker has revealed where it expects to see the biggest gains and losses in the market for next year.

The surging gold price has been a big story of markets in 2024.

Fear, greed and Trump: this $5b deal is a part of gold’s global rush

The $5 billion tie-up between Northern Star and De Grey Mining is occurring against the backdrop of surging gold prices driven by three key forces. 

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