Robex Resources (ASX:RXR) has poured its first gold from the Kiniéro Gold Project in Guinea, West Africa, weighing in at 2.64kg in the first smelt on site. The Kiniéro plant is expected to reach its nameplate capacity in early Q1 2026, with ramp up activities described to be progressing “smoothly” and recoveries being achieved in […]
Desoto Resources (ASX:DES) has been granted exploration rights for the Syncerus Gold Project in Guinea’s Siguiri Basin with the project boasting multi-million ounce deposits including the 5.5 million ounces Bankan discovery. Syncerus, covering 99.8km2, is located less than 5km southwest of the company’s Dabidiana Project. With environmental surveys already completed, Desoto, which has a market […]
Starcore International Mines (TSX:SAM) is assigning its rights, titles, and interests over its African assets to wholly owned subsidiary EU Gold Mining to advance exploration efforts at its Côte d’Ivoire projects. Once EU Gold is the new owner of the 1,393km2 of landholdings in Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa, including the exploration permit for the […]
Sama Resources (TSX-V:SME) and joint venture partner, Robert Friedland-backed Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE:IE, TSX:IE), announced their 2025 exploration program, including work towards a resource upgrade and demonstrating regional exploration potential at the polymetallic Samapleu-Grata Nickel-Copper Project in Côte d’Ivoire. The 2025 Exploration Program includes 4,500m of diamond drilling and updated environmental and social baseline studies to […]
DeSoto Resources (ASX:DES) has extended a previously identified gold-in-soil anomaly to 3.6km after undertaking rock chip and dump sampling at the Dadjan Gold Project in the Siguiri Basin, Guinea. The results from 31 rock chips and 287 dump samples include 2.51 grams per tonne gold and 943 parts per billion gold. With the program continuing, […]
Genmin (ASX:GEN) has signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sinohydro Corporation regarding the development of the Baniaka Iron Ore Project in west Central Africa. Sinohydro is a major subsidiary and international business unit of Power Construction Corporation of China. Power Construction is an integrated construction group that provides investment and financing, planning design, […]
The Government of the Republic of Mali plans to partially lift the suspension of mining permits by 15 March, a move West Africa-focused explorer Toubani Resources (ASX:TRE) says provides more certainty for the industry. With the partial lifting of the suspension, which has been in place since November 2022, the Ministry of Mines will again […]