Tag: Gold
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🇺🇸 A2Gold Sells Nevada Gold Project as Miner Sharpens Focus on Core Assets
A2Gold has agreed to sell its Bolo Gold Project in Nevada to Super Gold Mining for C$1.5 million in shares, while retaining exposure to future exploration success through as much as C$2.8 million in contingent payments. The deal reflects a broader strategy of concentrating capital and technical resources on A2Gold’s core Eastside and Taylor projects.
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🇦🇺Why Australian Mining Companies Are Looking to Guinea as Simandou Opens a New African Mining Era
Guinea is entering a new era of mining as Simandou begins exporting iron ore, bauxite production reaches record levels and international investors target gold, iron ore and mineral-processing opportunities. Australian-listed mining companies are increasingly appearing in Guinea’s expanding resource economy—but the bigger question is whether the country can turn mineral wealth and new infrastructure into…
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DR Congo Suspends Artisanal Mining Agency Chief Over Failure to Prevent Illegal Activities
DR Congo’s mines minister has suspended SAEMAPE director general Jean-Paul Kadiobo Kapongo, accusing the state artisanal-mining agency of failing to prevent illegal mining on licensed concessions. The move could signal tighter government enforcement across the country’s informal mining sector.
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🇨🇮 IAMGOLD Reports Strong Côté Gold Quarter as Mining Intelligence Systems Track Global Resource Signals
IAMGOLD reports strong third-quarter progress at Côté Gold, while the latest Panafrican Intelligence data highlights the growing importance of accurate mineral, geographic and operating intelligence.
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🇬🇭 Ghana Rewrites the Rules of Gold: State Participation, Local Refining and a New Mining Value Chain
Ghana is fundamentally reshaping its gold industry. GoldBod’s 30% large-scale mining offtake, new XRF assay regime, mandatory local refining and gold-reserve strategy are placing the state deeper inside the mineral value chain while new mining legislation could further expand domestic processing and state participation.
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🇿🇦 Stilfontein: The Miners Trapped Underground and the Rescue That Came Too Late
A deadly confrontation in Stilfontein exposed the human cost of South Africa’s illegal gold-mining economy, as hundreds of miners became trapped underground during a government crackdown. Survivors recount hunger, fear and a desperate struggle for rescue—raising difficult questions about mining, poverty, criminal networks and the future of Africa’s mineral wealth.
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🇬🇭 🇷🇺 Ghana and Russia Look to Expand Trade, Energy, Technology and Education Cooperation
Ghana and Russia are seeking to expand bilateral cooperation beyond traditional diplomacy, with trade, investment, nuclear energy, agriculture, mining, education and digital technology emerging as key areas for deeper engagement.
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🇸🇾 🇧🇫 The Irony of Mainstream Media: Who Gets Called a President, and Who Gets Called a Junta Leader?
Two BBC headlines describing political leaders in Syria and Burkina Faso raise a broader question about how mainstream media frames power: why are some leaders primarily presented through institutional titles while others are defined by the circumstances of their rise to power?
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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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🇬🇭🇨🇳 Ghana Seeks Deeper China Mining Partnerships Focused on Processing and Technology
Ghana is pressing Chinese mining investors to move beyond raw mineral extraction toward processing, technology transfer, skills development and local supply chains.