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.
