Fortuna betting on West Africa to boost gold output
Séguéla, Côte d’Ivoire – West Africa is poised to play a pivotal role in Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) drive to boost annual gold output past the 500,000 oz. mark…
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Ivanhoe sees 2026 Kakula copper output below 2024
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) said copper output next year at its Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo should lag 2024 levels even as efforts to rehabilitate the…
Site visit: Fortuna’s Séguéla gold mine poised for growth
Séguéla, Côte d’Ivoire – Fortuna Mining’s (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) success in expanding its flagship Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire has surprised even some of its own employees. Vancouver-based Fortuna last month…
Aya posts strongest intercept yet at Boumadine
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) said new drilling at its Boumadine polymetallic project in Morocco yielded the strongest mineralized intercept so far while identifying a new high-grade…
East Africa Metals sites hit by illegal mining: report
Rising gold prices have resulted in alleged illegal mining activities taking place at two East Africa Metals (TSXV: EAM) properties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, The Globe and Mail reported. Witnesses including…
Loncor agrees on $261M sale to China’s Chengtun
Canadian explorer Loncor Gold (TSX: LN; US-OTC: LONCF) agreed to be acquired by Chengtun Mining Group for about $261 million cash in a deal that will hand control of a…
Appian secures $150M loan for Namibia mine expansion
Appian Capital Advisory has secured a $150 million debt facility from Standard Bank to complete the expansion of its majority-owned Rosh Pinah zinc mine (RPZ) in southern Namibia. The financing…
DRC to impose cobalt export quotas
The Democratic Republic of Congo will end a ban on cobalt exports next month and impose annual shipment quotas instead as the world’s biggest producer of the metal seeks to…
Perseus gets Côte d’Ivoire OK to build gold mine
Perseus Mining (ASX, TSX: PRU) said it’s received presidential approval to develop and operate Côte d’Ivoire’s first underground mine. Shares rose. Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara signed the decree authorizing…
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…
Montage worker dies in Côte d’Ivoire project accident
Montage Gold (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) says a worker died Thursday following an accident at the company’s Koné project in Côte d’Ivoire. Construction activities at the site resumed Friday after…
Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new local entity – a move…