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BURKINA FASO: Avesoro considers acquisitions

West African gold producer Avesoro Resources is considering a range of growth opportunities, including potential acquisition of the Youga Gold Mine and Balogo deposit in Burkina Faso. Read more about 'BURKINA FASO: Avesoro considers acquisitions'...

MALI: Morila post-mining plan advances

Randgold Resources is progressing plans to develop the Morila Gold Project site in Mali into a commercial agricultural hub after its closure in 2019. Read more about 'MALI: Morila post-mining plan advances'...

TANZANIA: Strong lithium results at Mohanga

Liontown Resources has identified high-grade, spodumene-related lithium mineralisation at its Mohanga Lithium-Tantalum Project in Tanzania. Rock chip sampling at the Tresor prospect has returned multiple values in excess of 1.5% Li2O. Read more about 'TANZANIA: Strong lithium results at Mohanga'...

ETHIOPIA: Tulu Kapi resettlement arrangements

KEFI Minerals and the Government of Ethiopia have triggered community resettlement arrangements at the Tulu Kapi Gold Project. Tasks include property survey and data updates plus new land site preparations. Read more about 'ETHIOPIA: Tulu Kapi resettlement arrangements'...

Africa more attractive to investors - comment by Yolanda Torrisi

While Zimbabwe and Mozambique ranked in the bottom 10 of the world’s most attractive jurisdictions for mining investment, the Fraser Institute ‘Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2016’, shows that the... Read more about 'Africa more attractive to investors - comment by Yolanda Torrisi'...

BURKINA FASO: Licence renewed for Babonga

Golden Rim Resources has been granted a three-year renewal for the licence of its Babonga Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Read more about 'BURKINA FASO: Licence renewed for Babonga'...

DRC: Strong results from Kebigada drilling

Amani Gold has completed a 50m line interval, infill drilling program at the Kebigada deposit of its Giro Gold Project in the Moto Greenstone Belt, northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more about 'DRC: Strong results from Kebigada drilling'...

SOUTH AFRICA: Study confirms combined development

Stonewall Resources has completed the second part of a scoping study into the combined Rietfontein and Beta staged hard‐rock gold mine development in South Africa. Read more about 'SOUTH AFRICA: Study confirms combined development'...

BURKINA FASO: High-grade results from Sanbrado

West African Resources has received high-grade diamond drilling results from the M1 deposit at its 100%-owned Sanbrado Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Read more about 'BURKINA FASO: High-grade results from Sanbrado'...

Mining must adopt innovation - comment by Yolanda Torrisi

The global mining industry needs to explore innovative ways to improve productivity, competitiveness and profitability, and this is no different in Africa. Read more about 'Mining must adopt innovation - comment by Yolanda Torrisi'...