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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zimbabwe delivered 3,951kg of gold to Fidelity Gold Refinery in May 2026, up 18.8% from April and the highest monthly total of the year so far.
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.
Central banks made net gold purchases of 19 tonnes in April 2026, World Gold Council data published on 3 June showed, with Poland the largest single buyer.
Pan African Resources said on 1 June 2026 that annual gold production would rise about 40% to roughly 275,000oz, at the lower end of guidance, as surface retreatment operations outperformed a slower Tennant ramp-up.
Theta Gold Mines said on 1 June 2026 it had priced a $90m senior secured bond to fund construction of its TGME gold project at Pilgrim's Rest, targeting first gold in early 2027.
Elcora Advanced Materials signed a binding agreement on 27 May 2026 to acquire the Eldorado gold mine and tailings in South Africa's Barberton Greenstone Belt for $2m in cash plus shares, marking its entry into gold mine ownership.
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.
South African mineral sales rose 30.2% year-on-year in March 2026, with PGM sales up 113.5% and gold sales up 51.7%, even as physical production grew just 2.5%.
Harmony Gold is expanding its Sungazer solar programme with a 100MW plant under construction at Moab Khotsong, part of a roughly R2bn plan to add wind, solar and PPA capacity across its South African mines.
Gold deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 9,311.92kg in Q1 2026, up 8.29% on the same quarter of 2025, with small-scale producers supplying about 6.5 tonnes.
World Gold Council data published on 29 April 2026 showed the value of first-quarter gold demand hit a record $193bn, up 74% year-on-year, as bar and coin demand rose 42%.
First Quantum has deferred the conversion of its Guelb Moghrein mine in Mauritania to a gold-only operation until 2027, raising 2026 copper guidance to about 7,000t and cutting gold guidance.
Endeavour Mining says it expects to return at least $2bn to shareholders through 2028 under a programme of rising minimum dividends and opportunistic buybacks, triggered whenever gold trades above $3,000 an ounce.
Burkina Faso has published a decree allowing state miner SOPAMIB to buy another 25% of the Kiaka gold mine for CFA70bn, about A$175m, taking the government's stake to 40% just as the mine reaches full output.
