Anchor Capital's February 2026 local market commentary said the JSE's continued outperformance was driven largely by a precious-metals rally following gold and platinum's January records.
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.
The Tshiamiso Trust said on 9 February 2026 it had disbursed R2.5 billion to former gold miners with silicosis and tuberculosis, reaching the halfway point of its 12-year mandate.
DRDGold's Ergo surface-gold operation and the National Union of Mineworkers signed a five-year wage agreement in February 2026, offering guaranteed annual increases and a one-off payment.
Gold touched an all-time high of about $5,589 an ounce on 28 January 2026, and Sibanye-Stillwater shares closed at a record high the same week.
Gold broke through $5,000/oz in January, sending the rand to its strongest level since 2022 and boosting profitability across Harmony, Sibanye-Stillwater, Gold Fields and Pan African.
Silver set a fresh all-time high near $121.67 an ounce on 26 January 2026, riding the same safe-haven and industrial-demand wave that carried gold above $5,000.
Spot gold broke through $5,000 an ounce for the first time on 26 January 2026, extending a rally driven by safe-haven demand and central bank buying.
Zijin Gold International agreed on 26 January 2026 to buy Allied Gold for C$44 a share, valuing the company at about C$5.5bn and adding three African gold operations to Zijin's fast-growing overseas portfolio.
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.
Goldman Sachs raised its December 2026 gold price forecast to $5,400 an ounce from $4,900 in a note dated 21 January 2026, days before gold hit an all-time high.
Mali's industrial gold production fell 22.9% in 2025, provisional government figures show, as the prolonged suspension of Barrick's Loulo-Gounkoto complex outweighed a $1.2bn windfall from a mining-arrears audit.
Caledonia Mining plans to spend $132m in 2026 to begin developing its Bilboes gold project, part of a $162.5m capex budget, after Zimbabwe reversed plans to double the gold royalty.
Tax revenue from Namibia's uranium and gold mines rose to N$2.87bn in the past financial year, almost double the original budget, as diamond earnings weakened and uranium production climbed 22% year on year.
Predictive Discovery chose a revised Robex Resources merger over a rival Perseus Mining bid in December 2025, combining Guinea's neighbouring Bankan and Kiniero gold projects in an A$2.35bn deal completed in April 2026.
Barrick completed the sale of its Tongon gold mine and nearby exploration assets in Cote d'Ivoire to the Atlantic Group for up to $305m on 2 December 2025, transferring the mine to full Ivorian ownership for the first time since 2010.
FG Gold, the Africa Finance Corporation and Afreximbank achieved financial close on a $330m senior debt package for the Baomahun gold project on 1 December 2025, paving the way for Sierra Leone's first large-scale commercial gold mine.
Barrick Mining reached a settlement with Mali in November 2025, paying roughly $430m to end an arbitration dispute and regain operational control of the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex, which it lost earlier in the standoff.
Barrick Mining has agreed to pay Mali $430m to end a two-year row over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex, with Bamako dropping criminal charges and freeing detained staff.
Caledonia Mining published the Bilboes feasibility study, showing a post-tax NPV of about $580m and an IRR above 32%, and decided to proceed with the Zimbabwean gold project.
Barrick and Mali's government have reached a settlement ending their two-year dispute over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex, restoring the miner's operational control and dropping the arbitration case.
Harmony Gold finalised its US$1.01bn acquisition of MAC Copper on 24 October 2025, taking full ownership of the CSA copper mine in New South Wales and adding copper to its production mix for the first time at scale.
B2Gold approved development of the Antelope underground deposit at its Otjikoto mine in Namibia on 15 September 2025, after cutting the pre-production capital estimate to $105m from $129m.
First Quantum Minerals abandoned plans to sell minority stakes in its Kansanshi and Sentinel mines in Zambia, its CEO said on 25 August 2025, after a $500m Jiangxi Copper prepayment and an earlier $1bn Royal Gold stream eased balance-sheet pressure.
