After a reported strike near the Egyptian border, survivors are said to have returned to work at an artisanal gold mine. The toll reported by a rights group remains to be independently verified.
Skylark Minerals is increasing its stake in Zaranou to 90% following a 228% rise in inferred resources, now estimated at 1.196 million ounces.
Mining contributed around $432 million to Liberia’s public revenue, according to Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General James Dorbor Jallah. He presented the figure at a public meeting in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, after the country passed $1 billion in revenue collection in September. The announcement illustrates extractive activities’ growing weight in state finances while raising a central question: how can these receipts become lasting investment and visible public services?
Senegal’s gold industry is accelerating. After producing more than 10 tonnes in 2025, the country could extract around 16 tonnes in 2026, according to forecasts reported this week. First-half production already reached 8.2 tonnes, up 35% year on year. This increase reflects new capacity ramping up, but does not yet guarantee the full-year result.
West African Resources is targeting between 430,000 and 490,000 ounces of gold in 2026, equivalent to approximately 15 tonnes at the upper end. Explosives supply constraints complicate operations, but third-quarter results keep the target within reach.
In autumn 2026, gold and silver corrected from their peaks while copper remained close to record levels. This divergence reflects different drivers: demand for safe havens, industrial demand, inventories and supply constraints.
A ministerial order specifies the authorised sources of gold for Guinean refineries and imposes traceability, reporting and due diligence requirements. The aim is to formalise flows more effectively while clarifying the rules for industrial producers, licensed trading houses and holders of legally imported gold.
A $15,000-per-ounce target assumes a breakdown in financial confidence. More moderate bank forecasts rely on different market mechanisms.
North Mara’s mining licenses are renewed for fifteen years, extending Barrick’s partnership with Tanzania. Local benefits remain to be measured.
Fortuna Mining targets annualized output of 500,000 gold-equivalent ounces in 2028 through the Séguéla expansion and Diamba Sud project.
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