African mining news

Centamin has announced that it has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MW battery-energy storage system at the Sukari Gold Mine to juwi AG and Giza Systems.

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has submitted an Action Pledge in support of the UN’s designation of 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

Barrick Gold Corp.’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex’s third underground mine has reached its first mining level and is scheduled to start delivering ore tonnes to the plant during the current quarter.

Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd has announced the final assay results from the auger drilling programme completed at the Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project located in South Africa.

MAJOR has announced the appointment of Manganese Crushtech Systems as its new aggregate and mining screen media authorised dealer in Africa.

Akobo Minerals has announced the start of the core-drilling campaign and intercepted mineralisation at its Joru gold target.

Goldplat plc has announced that all conditions precedent in respect of the sale of Kilimapesa Gold Pty Ltd to Mayflower Gold Investments Limited have been either met or waived and that the sale of Kilimapesa is now complete.

The Barrick Gold operated Kibali mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo produced 191 612 oz of gold in 1Q21, keeping it on plan and on track to achieve its full year target.

Anglo American plc has published its production report for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021.

The new strategic partnership agreement with BIA practically adds more than 1000 employees to GHH’s sales and service resources.