As known resources are depleted and projected demand for key minerals increases, finding the next new deposits has become more urgent.

Sibanye’s biggest mining unions agreed to a wage deal that will end nearly 90 days of a workers’ strike at its three gold mines.

The Mpama South inferred resource now stands at 4.99 million tonnes grading 2.50% Sn for 124,700 tonnes of contained tin.

About 500 of the nation’s mining permits are in advanced development and will soon lead to new projects for lithium and cobalt.

The government plans to increase investment in farming and infrastructure.

Development work on the Darwendale deposit began in early 2020, but operations at the project were soon halted because of a lack of capital.

Ghana has vied with South Africa in recent years for the dominant position.

The white diamond is only the second one over 100 carats recovered this year at Letšeng, the world’s highest dollar per carat mine.