Africa gold reserves now worth $1.5 TRILLION
In situ gold reported by explorers and stage.mining.companies active on the continent.
Frik Els , Editor
Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.
Posts by Frik Els:
Healthy gold price dampens M&A
Mergers and acquisitions in gold mining industry continues to decline as juniors and mid-tier companies make a go of gold price rally.
BHP: No copper price pick-up soon
Longer term prospects are brighter due to lack of high-quality future development opportunities.
Trevali continues to ride zinc wave
Extended mineralization and new zone discovered at its Santander mine in Peru.
BHP CEO pay cut in half over Brazil disaster
Deadly November tailings dam burst at Samarco iron ore mine and commodity downturn key considerations to slash executive pay.
Lundin’s agonizing Congo decision
Toronto miner has first dibs on controlling share of Tenke Fungurume which if contemplated expansion goes ahead would catapult mine into global top 5.
Five years of deficits will keep zinc price on the boil
New report forecasts very tight market conditions as stocks drop to below 5% of consumption by the end of the decade compared to more than 11% this year.
Newmont’s aggressive expansion plans
One million ounces at all-in cost below $700 by mid-2017.
Semafo adding ounces in Burkina Faso
Montreal-based producer expects to produce more than 400,000 ounces by 2019.
Iron ore price: Roy Hill ramp-up pushed into 2017
Australia's largest iron ore mine eases some near-term oversupply fears.
GRAPH: Cobalt price plunge and the EV market
Cobalt prices have plummeted to their lowest level since 2016, as a deluge of supply overwhelms stagnating demand from the electric vehicle […]
