RAMINVEST Holding has outlined six priority drill targets at its Wompou gold project in Mauritania after surface sampling returned assays as high as 50.14 grams per tonne gold.
Gold sales fell 33.4% year on year in July 2026 and gold output dropped 7.4%, according to Stats SA, as overall mining production contracted 7.5% and the second-quarter weakness carried into the third quarter.
Theta Gold Mines has made the first drawdown of $37m under its bond facility of up to $90m, releasing construction funding for the TGME gold project near Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga.
Gold fell to about $4,400 an ounce on 8 September 2026 after a strong US jobs report strengthened the case for a hawkish Federal Reserve stance.
Platinum Group Metals Ltd is studying a staged development of the Waterberg JV in Limpopo, with a feasibility study due by November. Implats, which holds just under 15%, says the new thinking is more appealing.
The FTSE/JSE All Share Index closed at 116,687.82 on 3 September 2026 as gold mining equities surged about 38% and PGM producers gained 21.6% during August.
Financing · GoldHarmony Gold raises about R21bn in new multi-currency bank facilities$1.3bnCompleted
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NYSE: AUGoldAngloGold AshantiGold miner formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. It completed a corporate restructuring in September 2023 that moved its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange and its domicile to England, while keeping secondary listings in Johannesburg, on A2X and in Accra.
TSX: BTOGoldB2GoldCanadian gold miner founded in 2007 by former Bema Gold executives after Bema was acquired by Kinross. It has grown through acquisitions including Central Sun Mining, CGA Mining and Papillon Resources, and is listed in Toronto and New York.
NYSE: BGoldBarrick MiningCanadian gold and copper miner renamed from Barrick Gold Corporation in 2025 to reflect its growing copper business. Listed in New York and Toronto, it settled a long-running dispute with Mali's government over its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in November 2025, agreeing to pay about $430m and resume operational control.
