Beaver Creek: ‘Paper gold is over’ as BRICS build dollar-free payments
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Canadian dealmaker Frank Giustra says the age of paper gold is ending as BRICS nations stand up a parallel financial system that routes around the U.S….
Africa
Japan pours $7B into African rail link for Sovereign graphite
Japan has committed $7 billion to develop the Nacala Logistics Corridor, a project expected to boost Sovereign Metals’ (ASX: SVM; LSE: SVML) Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi. The funding would…
GoviEx Uranium, Niger pause Madaouela dispute
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) and the Niger government have agreed to extend a break in international arbitration over their Madaouela project clash by another six months. While the two…
Galiano halts Ghana deposit work after clash
Galiano Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: GAU) says it temporarily suspended operations at the Esaase deposit at Ghana’s Asanko mine after one person died Tuesday during a clash between soldiers and area…
Rio Tinto, partners score major tax break on Simandou
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) and its partners in Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project have reportedly secured corporate tax concessions worth more than half off the standard rate for key…
Guinea junta warns Rio of smelter cost whack
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) may be forced to make expensive downstream investments in Guinea as the military-led government pushes for local refining tied to the giant Simandou iron ore project….
Kinross cuts Asante Gold stake by nearly half
Kinross Gold (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) has reduced its holding in Ghana-focused Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) by nearly half. It sold 29.9 million Asante shares, about 45% of its holding,…
Silver Top 20: Hycroft Mining leads results this year
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top 20 silver assays of the year to June 30. Drill holes are ranked by silver grade times width. Drilling in three…
Koryx Copper’s Haib tops Africa’s south by value
Koryx Copper’s (TSXV: KRY) new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) positions its open-pit Haib project in Namibia among the largest red metal projects in the region by value and contained copper….
Burkina Faso seeks to ease investor concerns
Burkina Faso, Africa’s fourth-largest gold producer, is trying to reassure international miners that its request to acquire more of West African Resources’ (ASX: WAF) Kiaka gold mine is an option,…
Opinion: US mineral strategy turns to Africa
What do Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal all have in common? They’re all countries located along Africa’s west coast. But they’re also small; collectively, these five countries have an…
Kodal secures export permit for Mali lithium mine
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) has secured an export permit for spodumene concentrate from its Bougouni lithium mine in southern Mali, clearing a key hurdle for the project’s first shipments. The…