Asia Broadband has filed a voluntary notice of dismissal without prejudice regarding its civil suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California, against three major market makers in the US called Virtu Financial, GTS Securities and G1 Execution Services.

Resolute Mining has reported a strong performance for the six months ended June 30, with CEO Chris Eger saying the performance was underpinned by continued strength in the gold price, disciplined cost management and the resilience of the company's Syama and Mako gold mines, in Mali and Senegal, respectively.

Bunker Hill Mining Corporation has successfully completed the first production stope blast at the historic Bunker Hill mine, in Idaho, as the company works to redevelop the legacy asset back into a producing underground operation.

Vista Gold, which holds one of the largest development-stage projects in Australia called Mt Todd, has appointed Gavin Ferguson MD of Vista Gold Australia, effective September 7.

Westgold Resources has declared a maiden ore reserve and updated mineral resource estimate for the Fletcher deposit, as one of three major mineralised systems within Westgold's Beta Hunt mining complex at Kambalda, in Western Australia.

Resolute Mining and Nimba Mining Gold (NMG) – an affiliate of Guinea State-owned mining group Nimba Mining Company (NMC) – have jointly signed the articles of association of Landaya Gold, their joint venture (JV), which will take forward the development of gold projects in Guinea.

The global price of gold recorded a weekly increase amid a weakening dollar index and changing expectations regarding the Federal Reserve's interest rates, reaching $4,379.

West Red Lake Gold Mines has successfully completed Phase 1 of the Madsen mine's refurbishment programme, located in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario.

Hamak Strategy has selected Snowden Optiro as independent consultant to undertake the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Akoko oxide gold project, in southwest Ghana.

Bezant Resources has completed the successful first blast at the Hope openpit site at its 90%-owned Hope and Gorob copper/gold project, in Namibia.