Category: Gold
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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Opens First Gold Refinery in Push for Economic Independence
Burkina Faso has opened its first national gold refinery in Ouagadougou, marking a major step in its effort to process more of its mineral wealth domestically. RAFFINOR-BF will initially refine 164 tonnes of gold annually, with plans to reach 515 tonnes, as the country seeks greater control over its gold value chain and broader economic…
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🇪🇬CAMRED III Brings Africa’s Mining, Investment and Technology Leaders to Cairo
CAMRED III opens in Cairo October 5–7, bringing African mining leaders, investors, government institutions, technology providers and mineral-sector organizations together around critical minerals, smart mining, beneficiation, investment and African value chains.
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🇨🇩 KoBold Metals uses AI to search for critical minerals in Congo
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in Africa, African Business, Bauxite, Geopolitics, Gold, Investment, Iron Ore, Lithium, Minerals, MiningKoBold Metals is using artificial intelligence, geological data, satellite imagery and thousands of soil samples to search for lithium and other critical minerals around Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project highlights a new phase of African mineral exploration — where AI and geological intelligence are becoming as strategically important as the resources…
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🇬🇭 13 Suspected Illegal Miners Arrested in Osino as NAIMOS Intensifies Galamsey Crackdown
NAIMOS has arrested 13 suspected illegal miners at Osino in Ghana’s Eastern Region and destroyed mining equipment found at the site, in another operation targeting the persistent return of galamsey activities.
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🇬🇭 Ghana Moves to End Raw Gold Exports as New Refining Rules Take Effect
By Panafrican.email News Desk Ghana, Africa’s leading gold-producing country, has tightened controls on gold exports as the government moves to retain more value from the country’s mineral wealth through domestic processing. Under a new directive from the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), unrefined gold doré can no longer be approved for export under the affected trading…
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A Poisoned River: How Bea Mountain’s Repeated Chemical Spills Are Uprooting Liberian Villages
An investigation reveals years of toxic leaks from Liberia’s largest gold miner, forcing communities to flee and prompting calls for urgent reform. Dateline: Monrovia, Liberia – February 1, 2026 — Introduction For generations, the rivers and creeks of Grand Cape Mount County have been the lifeblood of rural Liberian communities. Today, those same waterways are…
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🇬🇭 Ghana to reform state gold purchase programme in 2026
Ghana will reform its domestic state gold purchase programme (DGPP) in 2026 in order to improve the efficiency of the gold mining sector. This was stated in a press release issued by the Bank of Ghana on 25 December. 🔸The DGPP, under which the Bank of Ghana purchases gold, is described as “a policy tool…
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Bitcoin is falling while Gold is hitting record highs…
Updated U.S. inflation data for July, August, and September (PCE) is expected to be released today, which could change the situation for BTC. ➠ Current picture:▪️ BTC: -30% from ATH.▪️ Gold and Silver: new all-time highs.▪️ S&P 500 and Nasdaq: just a step away from ATH. ➠ Defensive assets are overheated▪️ Gold is trading +25%…
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🇨🇬 Company says M23 rebels looted millions of dollars of gold in Congo
Twangiza Mining said Monday that M23 rebels occupying its gold concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo have looted at least 500 kilogrammes of bullion since May. The mine is in South Kivu province in the east of the country, where the Rwanda-backed militants staged a lightning offensive earlier this year, seizing swathes of territory.…
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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe’s Gold Deliveries Up 37% in First Nine Months of the Year: Fidelity Gold Refinery Data
This increase to 32.98 tonnes, coupled with a monthly average of 3.66 tonnes, puts Zimbabwe on track to surpass its ambitious 40-tonne gold target for the year, local media reported. Small-scale miners are driving national gold production, delivering 24.5 tonnes by September – a significant increase from 14.6 tonnes the previous year. They now account…