Africa


Exploring at Cluff Gold's Baomahun gold project in Sierra Leone's Bo district, 180 km east of the capital Freetown. Photo by Cluff Gold

Mining risks and rewards in Africa

A record number of delegates descended on Cape Town in early February to hear about new African investment opportunities as countries continue to stabilize and open up, though risks remain. 



De Beers' Victor open-pit diamond mine in the James Bay Lowlands, 90 km west of the coastal community of Attawapiskat in northern Ontario. Photo by De Beers

De Beers smiles as diamond prices rebound

While a certain amount of global uncertainty remains, 2010 saw a strong recovery in diamond prices driven by exceptional demand in China and India, coupled by a better than expected retail performance in the U.S. during the Christmas season.


Drillers at Keegan Resources' Esaase project on the Asankrangwa gold belt in southwest Ghana. Photo by Keegan Resources

Keegan ramps up exploration in 2011

After delineating nearly five million ounces of gold at its Esaase project in Ghana, Keegan Resources (KGN-T) is continuing to intersect mineralization as it tests both downdip and strike extensions of known zones.


Situation in Cote d’Ivoire worsens

As tensions in Côte d’Ivoire continue to escalate, it is getting more difficult to determine if and when a stable investment environment may return to the country. 


Resolute Mining is focused on Mali

Resolute Mining (RSG-X) – the second-largest gold producer listed on the Australian Stock Exchange – may be preparing to wind down its Golden Pride mine in Tanzania in East Africa over the next 24 months after twelve very successful years and…


A worker displays a drill-hole-camera image at Great Basin Gold's new Burnstone gold mine in South Africa. Photo by Ian Bickis.

Great Basin opens Burnstone gold mine (March 05, 2011)

SITE VISIT: Balfour, South Africa – In July 2006, Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) started building its Burnstone gold mine in South Africa, looking to be the first new gold producer in the Witwatersrand basin in 30 years.


DRC lifts mining ban

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will lift a ban on mining in its eastern provinces that it imposed in September to try to cut off funding to armed groups. The decision came just one day after an attack against the Kinshasa residence of…


VisMedia Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll.

South African miners fall behind

Cape Town, South Africa – The mood at the 2011 Mining Indaba conference in South Africa was markedly upbeat as the industry experiences booming growth, but the host nation was left wondering how it had missed out.



Sunridge Gold Drill rigs on the Debarwa deposit at Sunridge Gold's Asmara gold-copper-silver project in Eritrea.

Sunridge hits more high-grade copper-gold

 Sunridge Gold (sgc-v) has released its second round of drill results in two weeks, with more significant gold-copper-silver hits at its Asmara project in Eritrea. 


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