Ivanhoe reports fatal accident at Kamoa-Kakula mine in Congo

The portfolio would include their Kalgoorlie super pit 50/50 joint-venture in Western Australia, as well as other regional assets such as Porgera, Tanami and Boddington mines.

De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking.

"A good agreement is much better than any war."

Project offers Davis an opportunity to relaunch his mining career that started in his native South Africa.

If successful, the move will create the world’s largest gold company with a value of around $42 billion at current market prices.

Asteroids are considered one of the candidates that brought water to our planet, which they retain as hydrated minerals.

The company also updated the project’s indicated resource, which now totals 981,465 tonnes at 7.5 grams gold for 237,897 oz. gold.

Firms to be affected include AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin.

The accident occurred about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the copper and cobalt mine in the southeast of the country.