An indigenous mining industry player, Daniel Appiah, has observed that Ghana's economy currently depends heavily on the extraction of mineral resources, and therefore cannot survive without the ...

“I think the government is on course in the area of small-scale mining, even if you think that it has not been as fast as you expect. "This problem has been age-old. It’s been here for a very ...

Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. With supply chains disrupted, prices of some staples have jumped.

THE Young Miners Foundation (YMF) wants the formalisation and professionalisation of small-scale mining to make a more meaningful contribution to the sector. Currently, small-scale miners ...

By David Lewis, Giulia Paravicini and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The M23 insurgents who ...

a government body set up to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase their earnings, and reduce the impact of smuggling. The companies are Golden Team Mining Company Limited ...

Botswana’s leading diamond mining ... underscored small stock farming as a national priority, essential for job creation and rural economic development. By empowering small-scale farmers and ...

Cuts to international aid are a wake-up call that the continent’s nations need to find a way to bolster their own development ...

The Agent will have an option, exercisable in full or in part, up to 48 hours prior to the Closing Date, to sell up to an additional 1,818,182 Units at the Offering Price for up to an additional ...

The country’s gold exports rose more than 50% to $11.6 billion in 2024. Black-market trading of the metal is induced by small-scale mining activity, which represents about a third of output.