As part of the agreement, exploration properties in Nevada, Turkey and Peru controlled by Fronteer will be carved into a new company to be named Pilot Gold.

Precious metal miner and FTSE 100 constituent Fresnillo said that its 56% owned joint venture (JV) with Newmont Mining has submitted a revised proposal to acquire Canplats Resources

Speculation was rife at the Denver Gold Forum as to the reasons for Newmont Mining Corporation's (NYSE: NEM) announcement it is to make a public offering of $2.0 billion of Senior Notes.

In terms of which, sector giant Newmont’s second quarter gold production would be an impressive full year achievement for most of the world’s gold miners

Newmont reported an adjusted net income for the second-quarter 2009 of $162 million, a 40% drop over the $271 million for the same quarter a year ago.

The new DFS for Aureus's New Liberty gold mine in Liberia has increased the net present value of the asset, and points to lower operating costs and improved proven plus probable reserves.

Amid declining gold prices, several miners are struggling to keep costs down, but Sacre-Coeur Minerals (CVE:SCM) (OTC:SCRMF) is not one of them. The company boasts all-in cash production costs of less than $500 an ounce at its alluvial/elluvial operations in Guyana. 

Sunridge Gold Corp. (CVE:SGC)(OTCQX:SGCNF) has done exactly what it set out to do last year in releasing a feasibility study for its Asmara project in Eritrea that minimizes the capital exposure in a challenging time for Canadian juniors, with the company now having a plan to start initial production almost one year earlier than the preliminary report. 

Jennings Capital analyst Dan Hrushewsky has highlighted what he called Asanko Gold's (TSE:AKG) "good project economics" at the Esaase gold project in Ghana, saying the company ranks first of all Canadian gold companies on its radar in terms of cash as a percentage of market cap. 

Gold, silver and antimony miner Mandalay Resources (TSE:MND) has issued a strong message of intent with a promise to pay 6% of net future revenues in dividends. Mandalay announced a dividend for the quarter of C$0.769 in line with this new policy.