Headpiece, earrings and rings wore by co-host Michaela Coel were made from more than 2kg of gold from the Ity mine in Côte d’Ivoire.

Final investment decision on the Ngualla Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr) rare earth deposit will be made by the end of September.

The tokens, to be sold through banks in local and foreign currency at a 20% margin above the interbank mid-rate, will be introduced in two phases.

The refinery would be one of only a handful of its kind outside China if it starts as planned in 2026.  

Sales of diamonds from Debswana fell 1.4% and stood at $1.077 billion in the three months to March.

JP Morgan sees global copper mine production rising by 2.6% in 2023.

Glencore will take all of the mine’s zinc concentrate for five years and fund the operation.

The deal is part of a transaction last year to buy the assets of Iamgold.