Robex shifts focus to Guinea, aims for first gold in 2025
Robex Resources (TSXV: RBX), which has been producing gold at the Nampala mine in Mali since 2017, says the key to its goal of becoming a mid-tier West African producer…
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Mali junta frees Resolute CEO
Resolute Mining (ASX: RSG; LSE: RSG) CEO Terence Holohan and two colleagues have been released from detention by Malian authorities, the company said on Thursday. “All three employees are safe…
Risks rise in Mali as junta holds Resolute CEO
Shares in Resolute Mining (ASX: RSG; LSE: RSG) lost a third of their value on Monday after the Australian gold miner said Mali’s military government detained CEO Terence Holohan and two senior…
Burkina Faso ruler threatens gold licences, but Endeavour downplays comments
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) and West African Resources (ASX: WAF) say their operations in Burkina Faso are unaffected after the country’s president said some mining licences may…
TNM Drill Down: West African Resources posts second top assay in a month from Burkina Faso
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the April 12-19 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
TNM Drill Down: West African Resources tops gold assays at Sanbrado in Burkina Faso
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the March 15-22 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company…
TNM Drill Down: Burkina Faso delivers top drill assay of Dec. 9-16
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
West African Resources order mills for Kiaka in Burkina Faso
West African Resources (ASX: WAF) acquired 90% of the Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso from B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) in November 2021 and says it plans to start…
Burkina Faso’s second military coup of 2022 raises risks for miners
Burkina Faso-focused miners say operations have not been affected following a second coup d’état on Sept. 30 that saw the country’s president Lt.-Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba overthrown after only…
Business as usual despite military coup, Burkina Faso miners say
Miners in Burkina Faso say operations have not been affected by spreading social unrest following an internal coup d’état over the weekend that saw the country’s president, Lt.-Col. Paul Henri…
Beaver Creek: Miners get things done in underexplored West Africa
Amid an ebbing of mining investment sentiment as project proponents big and small take a pause and wait out decade-high inflation and high interest rates, West Africa is an outlier,…
B2Gold to sell Burkina Faso project to West African Resources
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) is selling its 81% stake in the Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso to Australia’s West African Resources (ASX: WAF) for cash and shares. Kiaka…