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The African Development Bank Group launched a Mission 300 Progress Tracker, at the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Congo. According to the financial institution, the public digital platform provides real-time data on electricity access across Africa, it offers project-level visibility into Mission 300 supported operations, enabling …

Ghana’s government will require Gold Fields Ltd. to submit detailed development plans for formal state review before renewing the mining lease for its flagship Tarkwa operation, moving away from past practices of automatic extensions. The Johannesburg-based miner must present its long-term strategy to a technical committee, followed by a presentation …

Turning collaborations into action, Mining Indaba 2027 is expected to shift from collaboration alignment to execution. Scheduled for 8th to the 11th of February 2027, under the theme: ‘Stronger Together: Partnerships in Pracitce’, marks the annual event’s move into a new chapter, the second of three. The theme is coined …

Ghana’s hard-earned reputation as a stable and premier destination for mining capital faces a critical test as escalating policy uncertainty, lease revocations, and administrative delays threaten to undermine investor confidence. The West African nation, which stands as Africa’s top gold producer, is grappling with growing anxiety within its extractives sector …

The issue of the Renewal of the Mining Rights or Concession of Goldfields Tarkwa has been on the front burner since, last week Wednesday (13 May 2026), the day the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) openly kicked against it. This happened during a media encounter with Her Ladyship former Chief …

Galiano Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: GAU) has significantly bolstered the growth profile of its Asanko Gold Mine in Ghana, following the release of exceptional drilling results that extend the Abore deposit well beyond its current mineralised boundaries. The Vancouver-based producer revealed on Monday that recent intercepts have confirmed robust extensions of …

Africa’s vast critical mineral reserves, essential to batteries, electric vehicles and clean technologies have elevated the continent’s geopolitical importance to a level that is reshaping the terms on which international partnerships are structured. At the 2026 Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Africa and France signalled a decisive departure from traditional …

The Chinese battery materials heavyweight Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has tabled a $210 million offer to acquire Atlantic Lithium, in a proposed transaction that could significantly alter the trajectory of Ghana’s Ewoyaa lithium project and further strengthen China’s position in Africa’s critical minerals landscape. Atlantic Lithium’s board confirmed the offer in …