Newmont’s Akyem gold mine in Ghana draws Chinese interest
Newmont Corp. has kicked off the sale of its Akyem gold mine in Ghana, which is attracting interest from potential bidders including Chinese producers amid soaring prices for the metal, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Four killed in blast at Chinese-owned quarry in Ghana
Mining News Pro - At least four people were killed, including one Chinese national, in an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana owned by Chinese company Omni Quarries late on Saturday, local officials said on Sunday.
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Ghana sovereign wealth fund invests in nation’s first lithium mine
Mining News Pro - Ghana’s sovereign wealth fund will invest almost $33 million in a lithium mine in the country and take a minority stake in its developer Atlantic Lithium, the company said on Friday.
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Piedmont commits to funding Atlantic Lithium’s Ghana project, acquires 22.5% stake
Mining News Pro - Piedmont Lithium (Nasdaq: PLL; ASX: PLL) has exercised its option to acquire an initial 22.5% stake in Atlantic Lithium’s (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11) Ewoyaa project in Ghana, having committed $17 million to fund the project through its definitive feasibility study (DFS).
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Atlantic Lithium says it is confident of getting mining lease in Ghana
Mining News Pro - Atlantic Lithium said on Monday the Africa-focused company was confident of getting a lease for a lithium mine in Ghana following the approval of a green minerals policy by the country’s government.
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Ghana mining fund mulls multi-million investment in Atlantic Lithium
Mining News Pro - Australia’s Atlantic Lithium said on Friday that it is engaged in talks with Ghana’s state-owned Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) for funding of up to $30 million.
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Asante pours first gold at Bibiani mine in Ghana
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Asante Gold has poured first gold at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana, which is expected to produce 175,000 ounces of the precious metal over the next 12 months.
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Newmont sells 3,500 oz of gold to Ghana under local purchasing plan
Mining News Pro - Newmont’s Africa unit has sold 3,500 ounces of gold to the Bank of Ghana under a central bank domestic gold purchasing program launched in June 2021, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Ghana’s 2021 gold output falls to 13-year low, loses spot as Africa’s top producer
Mining News Pro - Ghana’s gold production fell 30% last year to its lowest in more than a decade, knocking the country off its spot as Africa’s top producer, the president of the mines chamber said on Friday, blaming a taxation change and operational challenges.
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Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225m deal
Mining News Pro - Kinross Gold is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold in a cash and shares deal worth $225 million.
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Huge explosion in Ghana mining region kills residents, fells buildings
Mining News Pro - An explosion in Ghana’s rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle.
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Huge explosion in Ghana mining region kills residents, fells buildings
Mining News Pro - An explosion in Ghana’s rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle.
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GoldStone completes second gold pour at Ghana project
Mining News Pro - GoldStone Resources has completed its second gold pour at the Homase mine, in the Ashanti Gold Belt, in Ghana.
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Newmont to advance Ahafo North project in Ghana
Mining News Pro - Newmont said on Thursday its board approved full funding to advance its Ahafo North Project in Ghana into the execution phase.
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Permitting steps for GoldStone`s Ghana mine progressing
Mining News Pro - GoldStone Resources has received notice that the Ghanaian Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has recommended the granting of an expanded mining lease in respect of the Akrokeri-Homase gold project and it is now subject to ratification by the relevant Ghanaian Ministerial bodies.
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Ghanaian government expects increased gold production in 2020
Mining News Pro - Ghana’s Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, said that the Nana Akufo-Addo government expects the country’s mining sector to surpass last year’s production of over four million ounces of gold.
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Ghana denies interfering in gold fund probe after official quits
Mining News Pro - Ghana’s government has denied interfering in a probe into the creation of a gold-royalties fund following the resignation of the special prosecutor who led the investigation.
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Ghana special prosecutor resigns over gold royalty fund listing
Mining News Pro - Ghana`s special prosecutor resigned on Monday over a dispute surrounding a planned $500-million initial public offering (IPO) of gold royalty fund Agyapa Royalties in London, which his office has said was open to corruption.
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Ghana’s main opposition will stop gold fund if it wins vote
Mining News Pro - Ghana’s main opposition candidate John Dramani Mahama has vowed to reverse the establishment of a gold royalty fund if he wins power in the country’s December vote.
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Ghanaian activists sue government to save forest from mine
Mining News Pro - Environmental activists have sued Ghana’s government to stop a proposed mining project in a protected national forest, which they say endangers their health and well-being, amid growing calls to increase nature reserves to combat climate change.
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AngloGold tightens quarantine policy after Ghana worker gets coronavirus
Mining News Pro - A worker at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi gold mine in Ghana tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the company said, the second known case of the virus at a mine site in Africa.
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Mercury Free Mining testing Goldrop equipment in Ghana
Mining News Pro - New technologies bring tested by Mercury Free Mining in Ghana may end the horror of mercury use in artisanal gold mining.
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AngloGold reopens 30 million ounce Ghana mine
Mining News Pro - South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third-largest producer of the precious metal, has poured first gold at its Obuasi mine in Ghana, five years after mining activities were suspended.
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Newmont Goldcorp’s Ahafo mill in Ghana yields first ore after expansion
Mining News Pro - Newmont Goldcorp’s Ahafo mill expansion project in Ghana has processed its first ore and remains on track to achieve commercial production in the fourth quarter.
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Ghana beats South Africa to continent’s gold production crown
Mining News Pro - South Africa’s struggling gold industry has suffered yet another humiliation, losing its status as continental leader to Ghana.
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