Caledonia Mining said Blanket produced 14,767oz of gold in the first quarter of 2026, down from 18,671oz a year earlier, but kept full-year guidance of 72,000oz to 76,500oz.
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 completed its $170m acquisition of African Gold in April 2026, gaining the Didievi project in Cote d'Ivoire to develop alongside its flagship Koné mine, and later secured a $75m Macquarie loan to accelerate it.
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.
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings launched capped cash tender offers on 30 March 2026 to repurchase up to $650m of notes due 2028, 2030 and 2040, reporting strong early participation by the 13 April deadline.
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.
Central banks bought about 863 tonnes of gold in 2025 and were forecast to buy roughly 850 tonnes in 2026, a pace of official demand that has helped underpin record prices.
West Wits Mining achieved its maiden gold pour from the Qala Shallows project on 17 March 2026, marking South Africa's first new underground gold mine in 15 years.
World Gold Council data published on 3 March 2026 showed central bank gold buying momentum easing in January even as the base of participating countries continued to broaden.
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.
