
West Africa key to gold growth, Fortuna CEO says
Record gold prices are sharpening miners’ focus on jurisdictions where geology and permitting speed outweigh political risk.

Record gold prices are sharpening miners’ focus on jurisdictions where geology and permitting speed outweigh political risk.

Rescuers using basic tools struggle to reach miners reportedly trapped underground after shafts give way in West Kordofan.
The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should […]
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; OTC: AYASF) has secured a US$100 million debt financing package to support the expansion of its Zgounder silver project in […]
Miners in Burkina Faso say operations have not been affected by spreading social unrest following an internal coup d’état over the weekend […]
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU) says its feasibility study for a mine in the West African country of Niger shows it may earn […]
South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) (JSE: ANG) is expanding its footprint in Nevada with the acquisition of Coeur Mining’s (NYSE: CDE) subsidiary […]
More than half of all tropical deforestation directly attributable to industrial mining takes place in Indonesia, according to new research conducted at […]
B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has three operating gold mines and […]
High in the mountains of Lesotho, explosives and blasting specialist BME recently achieved the first blast outside of South Africa with its […]
Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) said on Tuesday it will spend additional $71.9 million to expand production at its under-construction Motheo copper mine in […]
Following receipt of the initial order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), trading of Trevali Mining’s (TSX: TV; […]
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) is moving towards the main shaft sinking phase at the underground expansion project of its Karowe mine in […]
Caledonia Mining (LON: CMCL) is set to be the new owner of one Zimbabwe’s biggest gold mining projects after agreeing to acquire […]