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Gold touches a two-month high near $4,450 on renewed rate-cut bets

Gold rallied to a two-month peak near $4,450 an ounce in early August 2026, its largest weekly gain since January, as traders reduced bets on a September Fed rate increase.

Roy Mulenga·5 August 2026·2 min read

M&A

Zijin-Allied Gold takeover collapses, replaced by $295m stake purchase

Zijin Gold International's agreed takeover of Allied Gold lapsed before its 29 July 2026 deadline, and the two companies instead struck a smaller deal in which Zijin bought a 9.2% stake in Allied for about $295m.

Roy Mulenga·4 August 2026·2 min read

Markets

Gold demand proves resilient even as Q2 price momentum cools

World Gold Council data published on 30 July 2026 showed central banks bought 289 tonnes of gold in the second quarter, the strongest Q2 on record, even as ETF investment fell.

Roy Mulenga·30 July 2026·2 min read

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Endeavour Mining books record first-half cash flow as Mana falls short

Endeavour Mining produced 564koz of gold in the first half of 2026 at an AISC of $1,871/oz, converting a $4,579/oz realised price into record free cash flow of $761m while its Mana mine in Burkina Faso lagged guidance.

Roy Mulenga·30 July 2026·2 min read

Gold

Fortuna approves $109m expansion to lift Séguéla above 200,000oz a year

Fortuna Mining has approved a $109m project to raise throughput at its Séguéla gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire by 30% to 2.3Mtpa, targeting more than 200,000oz a year over the next decade.

Roy Mulenga·29 July 2026·2 min read

Exploration

Perseus advances construction of Tanzania's first new gold mine in 17 years

Perseus Mining says construction of its self-funded Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania is progressing well, with first gold still targeted for the first quarter of 2027.

Roy Mulenga·24 July 2026·2 min read

Gold

Ahafo North ramp-up offsets Ahafo South's planned decline in Newmont's second quarter

Newmont's second-quarter results show Ahafo North gold output climbing to 68,000oz while Ahafo South production nearly halved to 100,000oz as mining moved to lower-grade ore.

Roy Mulenga·23 July 2026·2 min read

Gold

Blanket mine output rebounds 18% in second quarter as Caledonia adds a seventh shift

Caledonia Mining said its Blanket mine in Zimbabwe produced 17,360oz of gold in Q2 2026, up 18% on the first quarter, with grades rising further in July.

Roy Mulenga·20 July 2026·2 min read

Policy

Burkina Faso hands state miner a wholly-owned gold mine at Bouboulou

Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining permit for the Bouboulou gold project to a subsidiary of state miner SOPAMIB, with no private operator involved.

Roy Mulenga·10 July 2026·2 min read

Gold

Kiniero runs well above nameplate as Guinea's newest gold mine ramps up

The Kiniero gold mine in Guinea produced 54,252oz in the second quarter of 2026, up about 38% on the first, as throughput ran at roughly 9Mtpa against a 6Mtpa nameplate.

Roy Mulenga·9 July 2026·2 min read

Markets

Weak rand and mining stocks drag JSE All Share lower despite bullish gold

The FTSE/JSE All Share Index fell on 8 July 2026 as a weaker rand and softer mining stocks outweighed a still-bullish gold price.

Roy Mulenga·8 July 2026·2 min read

Markets

Aya Gold & Silver posts record quarter as Zgounder output jumps 43%

Aya Gold & Silver's Zgounder mine in Morocco produced 1.5-million ounces of silver in the second quarter of 2026, up 43% year on year, helping lift group revenue 151% to $96.8m.

Roy Mulenga·8 July 2026·2 min read

Exploration

West African Resources' Kiaka mine produces 4.15 tonnes of gold in first half

West African Resources' Kiaka gold mine produced 133,274 ounces in the first half of 2026, keeping the company on track for annual guidance as Burkina Faso's government increases its equity stake.

Roy Mulenga·7 July 2026·2 min read

Policy

Mali sets up state gold agency OMASP to plug leaky export chain

Mali's transitional parliament has approved a law creating a new state agency, OMASP, to regulate and secure the sale of gold and other precious minerals amid huge estimated smuggling losses.

Roy Mulenga·7 July 2026·2 min read

Markets

Gold's slump hands South African miners their toughest quarter since 2022

Gold's steepest monthly fall since 2008 in June 2026 cut nearly 25% off the JSE's precious metals and mining index in the second quarter, with AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Sibanye-Stillwater all sharply lower.

Roy Mulenga·3 July 2026·2 min read

Exploration

Aurum Resources declares maiden 1.21Moz reserve at Côte d'Ivoire's Boundiali

Aurum Resources has declared a maiden 1.21 million ounce probable ore reserve for its Boundiali gold project in Côte d'Ivoire, backed by a pre-feasibility study showing a post-tax NPV of $1.5 billion.

Roy Mulenga·30 June 2026·2 min read

Exploration

Fortuna's Diamba Sud feasibility study confirms robust Senegal gold project

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.

Roy Mulenga·29 June 2026·2 min read

Markets

Record number of central banks plan to keep buying gold, WGC survey finds

The World Gold Council's 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey drew a record 76 responses, with 89% of reserve managers expecting global gold holdings to keep increasing.

Roy Mulenga·25 June 2026·2 min read

Markets

Ghana's GoldBod to buy 30% of large-scale miners' gold output from July 2026

Ghana's state gold board, GoldBod, signed an agreement with the Ghana Chamber of Mines on 25 June 2026 to purchase 30% of large-scale mining companies' gold output from 1 July 2026, to help rebuild the country's foreign reserves.

Roy Mulenga·25 June 2026·2 min read

Policy

Mining Bill uncertainty clouds Sibanye's R2.7bn Burnstone gold project

Sibanye-Stillwater warned that the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Bill's lack of transitional provisions for past empowerment deals could complicate licensing at its R2.7bn Burnstone gold project.

Roy Mulenga·23 June 2026·2 min read

Gold

West Wits completes R1.1bn funding package to bring Qala Shallows to full production

West Wits Mining finalised three loan facilities worth R1.115bn with Absa and Nedbank on 22 June 2026 to fund the ramp-up of its Qala Shallows gold mine.

Roy Mulenga·22 June 2026·2 min read

Markets

Goldman Sachs slashes 2026 gold target back to $4,900

Goldman Sachs cut its year-end 2026 gold price target from $5,400 back to $4,900 on 20 June 2026, citing fading ETF inflows and the removal of expected rate cuts.

Roy Mulenga·20 June 2026·2 min read

Exploration

Pan African's Poplar discovery near Evander draws early co-investment interest

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.

Roy Mulenga·19 June 2026·2 min read

Exploration

Turaco Gold's Afema study points to 200,000oz-a-year Côte d'Ivoire mine

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.

Roy Mulenga·15 June 2026·2 min read

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