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Mayfair lines up $310M for Ontario gold project - The Northern Miner (opens the original)
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Posted By: FREDERIC TOMESCO October 1, 2026 Mayfair Gold (TSXV: MFG; NYSE-A: MINE) has reached a preliminary financing agreement with Australia’s Macquarie Bank for up to $310 million (US$218 million) to help develop its Fenn-Gib gold project in Ontario, bringing the company closer to its planned transition from explorer to producer. The stock jumped. The proposed package includes a $300-million project loan and a $10-million equity investment by Macquarie, Mayfair said Thursday in a statement.
Gold Fields halts Windfall work as Quebec permit lapses - The Northern Miner (opens the original)
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Posted By: Henry Lazenby September 30, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) has paused underground development at Windfall in Quebec after an exploration-work permit expired, leaving its proposed $1.9 billion (C$2.7 billion) gold mine waiting on separate provincial environmental approval. The permit allowing bulk-exploration work expired at the end of August, CEO Mike Fraser said Wednesday at an industry event in Colorado Springs. Gold Fields expects Windfal
Actor DiCaprio fights Belo Sun’s $300M Brazil mine - The Northern Miner (opens the original)
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Posted By: Mining.com Staff September 30, 2026 Leonardo DiCaprio has thrown his support behind opponents of Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX) proposed $300-million Volta Grande gold project in Brazil, adding a high-profile voice to a long-running battle over permits and Indigenous consultation. The actor and environmental activist criticized the proposed open-pit mine in Pará state on his social media accounts last week, warning of potential damage to the Xingu River region and communities that depen
Panama panel backs path to Cobre Panama restart - The Northern Miner (opens the original)
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Posted By: Cecilia Jamasmie September 30, 2026 Panama should negotiate a restart of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) Cobre Panama mine to fund its eventual orderly closure without burdening the state, a ministerial committee has recommended to President José Raúl Mulino. The three-minister commission’s recommendation — part of a list of 17 — follows an audit conducted by independent Swiss consultants, along with an assessment of the mine’s economic, environmental and legal implications. The com
Hercules extends Idaho copper discovery - The Northern Miner (opens the original)
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Posted By: Henry Lazenby September 30, 2026 Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has extended its Southern Flats copper discovery in Idaho, enlarging a target that may connect with the Leviathan system to the north. Hole HER-26-01 cut 286.5 metres grading 0.43% copper from 862.6 metres downhole, including 65.5 metres at 0.61% copper from the same starting depth, the company said Wednesday. The Hercules project lies about 200 km northwest of Boise, Idaho’s capital. “With these big copper po
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