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Guinea junta names AngloGold executive as mines minister
Guinea’s junta has appointed Moussa Magassouba, the director general of AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU; JSE: ANG) local subsidiary as the country’s mines and geology minister, two months after the elite…
B2Gold sees imminent end to Mali row over Menankoto
Canada’s B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) remains optimistic about solving an impasse with the government of Mali, which refused in March renewing the miner’s permit for its Menankoto exploration project,…
Anglo American strategy boss replaces Cutifani as CEO
Duncan Wanblad, 54, will be the first South African to run the company since Tony Trahar stepped down in 2007.
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of palladium and a top-tier gold…
Anglo American to halve indirect emissions by 2040
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) aims to halve its indirect greenhouse gases, known as Scope 3 emissions, by 2040 while it continues to boost the use of renewable energy across its…
Sibanye-Stillwater takes stake in Australia’s New Century Resources
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is extending its footprint to Australia with a US$46 million acquisition of a 19.99% stake in New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ), which owns the Century tailings…
Sibanye-Stillwater buys nickel-copper mines in Brazil for US$1 billion
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is buying two nickel and copper miners in Brazil from private equity firm Appian Capital in a US$1 billion deal that boosts the company’s growing battery materials…
Colombian regulator shelves AngloGold’s permit request for Quebradona
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) said today that Colombia’s environmental regulator or ANLA, its initials in Spanish, had shelved the permit application for its Quebradona copper-gold project. …
First Labola resource underpins the making of a new regional explorer
Exploration and mine development company Diamond Fields Resources (TSXV: DFR) says a privately held company it intends to acquire has completed an initial resource estimate on the Labola gold project…
B2Gold to sell Burkina Faso project to West African Resources
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) is selling its 81% stake in the Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso to Australia’s West African Resources (ASX: WAF) for cash and shares. Kiaka…
Denison to sell GoviEx shares and warrants
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) is selling 32.5 million common shares it holds in GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) at 48¢ per share to one of the junior…