"This is the only hustle we know," miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.

KEDOUGOU – The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment ...

The due diligence study was conducted as a systems-level interaction, to deliver a fully integrated, multidisciplinary ...

Economic pressures drive artisanal mining, impacting corporate operations Rising gold prices fuel conflicts between industrial and informal miners Miners are pressing governments for military support ...

The council is a voluntary, member-led organisation, set up to help support the development of a productive, profitable and sustainable African gold ecosystem.

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

The project aims to restart historical underground gold mines in Mpumalanga, a prolific gold-mining region. The project is targeting the Beta, Rietfontein, Frankfort and Clewer-Dukes Hill-Morgenzon ...

A miner searches for gold at a mine outside Kumasi. Editor at Large Drive an hour south of Kumasi, Ghana’s bustling second city, and before long the dense jungle gives way to denuded hills peppered ...

By Mpho MOFOKENG and Craig BREWERWhen gold broke through the US$4,000 mark in October last year to reach new record highs, the market saw it as investors seeking a safe haven in the midst of economic ...

Mali has established SOPAMIM, a state-owned company designed to directly manage its mining interests, aiming to boost state ...