Fury Gold Acquires Newmont’s Eleonore South Project Stake
Canadian miner Fury Gold Mines has purchased Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM)’s nearly 50% stake in the Quebec-based Éléonore South project for $2.2 million. The high-grade gold exploration company will spend an additional $960,000 on the acquisition of around 30.4 million Sirios Resources shares held by Newmont as part of Éléonore South’s consolidation. Fury said the acquisition of Sirios shares was for investment purposes and that the company would continually evaluate the investment to determine the feasibility of any additional dispositions or purchases. Newmont recently announced that it was planning to divest six of its noncore properties, including the Yukon Territory-based…