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Fortuna Mining has delivered a feasibility study for its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal showing a 60% after-tax internal rate of return and average production of 116,000 ounces a year.
Ghana's GIADEC has signed a €300m memorandum of understanding with Italy's Danieli to build an aluminium foil rolling plant in Tema, capable of producing up to 45,000 tonnes a year.
Pan African Resources said multiple parties have approached it about co-investing in the Poplar gold project near Evander, an early-stage target estimated at 6.6 million ounces.
Turaco Gold has completed a pre-feasibility study for its Afema project in Côte d'Ivoire, outlining a 10.3-year mine producing about 200,000 ounces of gold a year.
Elevate Uranium has lifted the uranium resource at its Marenica project in Namibia by 31% to 52.8 million pounds, taking its total Namibian resource base above 116 million pounds.
Caledonia Mining released 2025 drilling results from its Motapa property in Zimbabwe, including 19m at 8.08g/t, and said a maiden resource would follow in the third quarter of 2026.
Frontier Nuclear and Minerals says it is close to publishing a maiden mineral resource estimate for its Engo Valley uranium project in Namibia, after completing a second phase of drilling.
Xtra-Gold Resources says it has completed 705 holes and roughly 134,000 metres of drilling at its Kibi gold project in Ghana, with a further 20,000-metre programme planned for 2026.
Montage Gold says construction of its Koné gold project in Côte d'Ivoire remains on budget, with more than 10 million work hours logged and first gold still targeted for late Q4 2026.
Midnight Sun Mining has extended its Dumbwa copper discovery in Zambia to more than 5.3 kilometres of strike, with assays confirming several thick, high-grade zones.
AI-driven explorer KoBold Metals has broken ground on shaft construction at its Mingomba copper project in Zambia, targeting first output in the early 2030s.
Perseus Mining completed the first underground production blast at its CMA Underground project beneath the Yaouré mine in Côte d'Ivoire on 28 April 2026.
A definitive feasibility study has confirmed Sovereign Metals' Kasiya project in Malawi can become the world's largest natural rutile and graphite producer, with a pre-tax NPV of $2.2 billion.
Predictive Discovery and Robex Resources completed their merger on 15 April 2026, creating a combined West African gold company targeting more than 400,000 ounces a year by 2029.
Montage Gold has acquired five gold exploration permits covering roughly 2,100 sq km in Mauritania, diversifying beyond its flagship Koné project in Côte d'Ivoire.
Robex Resources poured 39,367 ounces of gold in the first quarter at its Kiniero mine in Guinea, its first full quarter since reaching commercial production in February 2026.
Ghana's Parliament has ratified the mining lease for Atlantic Lithium's Ewoyaa project, a de-risking milestone the company's chief executive called a watershed moment for the country's lithium ambitions.
Ethiopia has granted a commercial-scale potash mining licence over 365 square kilometres of the Danakil Depression to sovereign wealth fund Ethiopian Investment Holdings.
Rio Tinto has approved a $473m investment in the Zulti South mineral sands project at Richards Bay Minerals, lifting a suspension in place since January 2020 and extending the mine's life to 2050.
Canadian explorer Tsodilo Resources says drilling at its Gcwihaba project in north-west Botswana has confirmed all 15 rare earth elements on the US critical minerals list, close to surface.
Galiano Gold has declared maiden underground mineral resources at the Nkran and Abore deposits of its Asanko mine in Ghana, adding potential mine life beneath the existing open pits.
MMG has broken ground on a $900 million expansion of its Khoemacau copper mine in Botswana, aiming to lift annual output to 130,000 tonnes of copper.
Rosh Pinah Zinc has commissioned Namibia's first paste backfill plant, a milestone in its RP2.0 underground expansion project, which was more than 85% complete as of February 2026.
Caledonia Mining has raised $150 million through convertible notes to help fund its Bilboes gold project in Zimbabwe, part of a plan to develop a 200,000-ounce-a-year mine by 2028.
