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.
Newmont finalised its $1bn sale of the Akyem gold mine in Ghana to China's Zijin Mining Group in August 2025, receiving the last $100m instalment after Ghana's Parliament ratified the mine's extended lease.
A US customs ruling that 1kg and 100oz gold bars from Switzerland were subject to tariffs briefly unsettled bullion markets, until Trump said gold would not be tariffed.
First Quantum Minerals agreed on 5 August 2025 to a $1bn gold stream with Royal Gold referenced to copper production at its Kansanshi mine in Zambia, providing non-dilutive funding as it expands the operation.
Resolute Mining has published an initial resource of 266,000oz at its Bantaco prospect near the Mako gold mine, as it looks to extend gold production in Senegal by five to ten years.
Mali says it has completed the takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines, abandoned years ago by their foreign owners, as part of its drive to reclaim control of natural resources.
Mali has started construction of a state-controlled gold refinery built with Russia's Yadran Group, part of military leader Assimi Goita's push to keep more mining value at home.
A commercial court in Bamako has placed Barrick's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under state control, appointing a provisional administrator as Mali seeks to reopen the mine despite the miner's objections.
Burkina Faso has transferred five gold mining assets, including two operating mines formerly run by Endeavour Mining, to state-owned miner SOPAMIB under its revised mining code.
Pan African Resources booked record interim profit on higher gold prices, but rising costs at its Barberton underground operations and reopening risk at Nobles left some analysts wary about the growth story.
Barrick confirmed it has suspended production at its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali after authorities seized about $245m worth of gold stock, deepening a two-year standoff over the country's new mining code.
