Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX)(NYSE:ABX) reported a three percent increase in its first-quarter profit Wednesday, narrowly missing
estimates, as the company hiked its quarterly dividend by 33 percent.

Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX)(NYSE:ABX), the world’s largest gold producer, said Monday that it will sell its 20.4 percent stake in Russian miner Highland Gold (LON:HGM), pulling out of a difficult gold-mining region.

Equinox's board has already recommended Barrick's C$8.15-per-share all-cash offer, which represents a 16% premium to the value of Minmetals' hostile C$7.00-per-share proposal, announced in early April.

Barrick Gold’s (TSE:ABX, NYSE:ABX) reported a net income of $896 million, or 90 cents a share, up from $215 million, or 21 cents a share, for the year-ago period.

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)(TSX:ABX), the world's largest producer of the yellow metal, posted a record profit for the third quarter, as lower-than-expected cash costs and higher gold prices boosted overall production.

Two numbers point to the potential of Castle Peak Mining. These are five and 50. In short, there are five mines within a 50 km radius of the firm's Akorade project with a total of 50 mln ounces of gold reserves and resources.

Gold producer Great Basin Gold (TSE:GBG)(AMEX:GBG) Tuesday posted a 27% increase in revenue to $33 million for the quarter that ended March 31, compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The company cited a 7 percent improvement in ounces sold, as well as an 18 percent increase in the realized gold price.

Sunridge Gold (CVE:SGC)(OTCQX:SGCNF) Monday unveiled "positive" results of a feasibility study for its 100 percent-owned Debarwa volcanogenic-massive-sulphide (VMS) copper-gold-zinc deposit, part of the Asmara project in Eritrea.

Gold Resource Corp (AMEX:GORO) announced late Thursday record results for its first quarter that it said set a "strong base" for the company, with gold equivalent production quadrupling year-over-year and mine gross profit more than tripling.

Trelawney Mining's (CVE:TRR) recent acquisition deal by Iamgold Corp (TSE:IMG) (NYSE:IAG) could signify the start of a series of buys in the junior Canadian gold space, with the $585 million deal providing a "wake-up call" for gold producers with cash to spend, says mining research analyst Peter Campbell of Jennings Capital.