Perth-based Perseus Mining (PRU-T, PRU-A) has brought its first West African gold mine to commercial production, pouring 35,801 oz. gold from the Edikan gold mine in Ghana in the fourth calendar quarter of 2011.
Over the last month Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-T) has completed a joint-venture with a Chinese company to build a rare earth separation plant near its Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, about 350 km north of Cape Town, and…
At a time of record high gold prices Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) had the unfortunate task of announcing to the market that it has a lot less gold in its deposit than it originally believed.
Trying to build a gold mine in a sub-Saharan African country that has never had a modern mine is never an easy task. But the process seems to have been particularly arduous for Axmin (AXM-V).
With Kinross Gold’s (K-T, KGC-N) Tasiast gold project generating some negative headlines lately – to say nothing of the negative momentum of its share price – investors may be thinking that the shine is off Tasiast and gold mining in general…
Having just completed a merger with Adamus Resources in December, Australia-based Endeavour Mining (EDV-T, EVR-A) now has two producing mines in West Africa and several advanced projects in the pipeline.
There are few countries in the world without active mineral exploration, but before Brilliant Resources (BLT-V) showed up, Equatorial Guinea was one of them.
They say for every mine put into production, a thousand other geological prospects are tested and found lacking. Notwithstanding the small probability of achieving just one success over a life-long career in mining, a small group of promoters…
Burkina Faso has recently seen more gold mining due to its relatively stable government, favourable geology, modern mining code and attractive fiscal regime.
Montreal-based Semafo’s (SMF-T) three operating mines in West Africa are expected to produce between 235,000 oz. gold and 260,000 oz. gold on a consolidated basis in 2012 at an estimated operating cash cost of US$700 to US$750 per oz.,…
Australia-based PMI Gold (PMV-V) has outlined a 205,000-oz.-gold-per-year operation in a prefeasibility study on its Obotan gold project in Ghana.
Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) recently reported a 258% increase in the contained uranium resource in the measured and indicated category at the Falea project in Western Mali.
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