January 19, 2018

Canadian miner expanding in West Africa

RosCan is targetting different land packages in Ghana and Mali.

January 19, 2018

GoldStone kicks off project to restart Ghana mine shut for 100 years

The old underground mine is located within the Akrokeri prospecting licence held by GoldStone, about 1.5 km south of two proposed pits.

January 18, 2018

There could be an iron throne in the Pyramid of Cheops

An Italian professor at the Politecnico di Milano says that there could be an iron throne right below the apex of the Pyramid of Cheops, located in Giza.

January 18, 2018

Platinum miner Lonmin’s lenders relax loan agreements again

Lonmin's lenders had granted the company a waiver of compliance with a loan agreement that required its net worth to remain at a minimum of $1.1 billion.

January 17, 2018

De Beers’ diamond venture in Namibia axing at least 130 jobs

Move seeks to ensure the sustainability of Namdeb land-based operations.

January 17, 2018

Lucapa finds monster diamonds at Lulo, including largest coloured one

The Australian miner has also unearthed the tenth +100 carat stone recovered from Lulo since mining operations began two years ago.

January 17, 2018

Rio Tinto says SEC fraud case should be dismissed

The SEC had accused Rio Tinto, Albanese and Elliott of concealing the deteriorating value of assets at Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique.

January 16, 2018

Time to own gold: Sharps Pixley

"The best is yet to come, but not just yet. Patience," Sharps Pixley's CEO says.

January 16, 2018

De Beers readies technology aimed at eliminating ‘conflict diamonds’

Firm is developing open platform that traces diamonds from mine to buyer.

January 15, 2018

Acacia Mining’s Q4 output down on Tanzania export ban

The London-listed miner said production in three months to Dec fell 30 pct to 148,477 oz. compared with a year ago and 22 pct from the previous quarter.