Many say they have no choice but to go underground and work in illegal mines to make a living. South Africa's abandoned gold ...

Several hundred people were believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa on Thursday with the government refusing to ...

South Africa's government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West ...

Harmony Gold, South Africa's biggest gold producer by volume, said on Thursday it had appointed Beyers Nel as chief executive ...

Aim-listed Lexington Gold and its broad-based black economic empowerment partner Letsema have entered into an intention to cooperate agreement with Gold One Africa, which would see the parties seek to ...

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to ...

MWS was acquired by Harmony Gold in October 2020 and is a gold reclamation ... old tailings in the region and extend MWS’s life-of-mine by 15 years to 2040. The broader expansion plans for ...

Theta Gold Mines Ltd. (AU:TGM ... supports the development of its gold assets in South Africa, particularly in the historic region near Pilgrim’s Rest. The funds will aid in constructing ...

promising higher margins for industrial miners but also encouraging more artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Nearly half of the roughly 1,000 tonnes of gold produced in Africa every year is ...

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AFRICA is proverbially a land of surprises. It is not likely, however, that more startling surprises can be in store than those witnessed by the present generation. We have seen a great city ...