Fears rise for illegal SA miners hiding underground in virus lockdown
At least 100 illegal gold miners in South Africa are hiding underground, too scared to surface with police on patrol to enforce the coronavirus lockdown,...
Weir contributes to Solidarity Fund, shares lessons learned during lockdown
Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 23 that South Africa’s strict lockdown restrictions will start to ease from May, engineering solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa...
Angola’s President gives green light for Pensana’s Longonjo rare earths mine and plant
Pensana Rare Earths PLC has announced that it has received approval for the exploitation of the Longonjo Rare Earths Project in Angola. President Lourenço has...
West African buys Burkina Faso deposit from B2Gold
West African Resources has struck a $45-million deal with Canada’s B2Gold to acquire the Toega gold deposit, in Burkina Faso. Located within 14 km of...
Tanzanian Gold notes potential of Buckreef
Dual-listed Tanzanian Gold reports that SGS Canada Lakefield will soon start comprehensive metallurgical testing on the primary or sulphide gold mineralisation at the Buckreef gold...
Aton granted three-year exploration extension for Egypt gold project
Gold exploration and development company Aton Resources has been granted a three-year extension to the final exploration period of its current exploration licence at its...
IronRidge starts second part of drill programme in Côte d’Ivoire
IronRidge Resources has started Phase 2 of a drilling programme at the Zaranou gold project, in Côte d’Ivoire. The company plans on undertaking 8 000 m...
DRC locks down mining city and Zambia border town
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has imposed a 24-hour lockdown on the mining hub of Lubumbashi on Tuesday and was set to shut down Kasumbalesa,...
Morale high as Covid-masked South African miners get back to work
Morale is reportedly high as Covid-masked and physically distanced South African mineworkers get back to mining underground for companies that have gone the extra mile...