Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as ...

Rising demand for clean tech minerals drives a re-evaluation of recovering low-value mine waste, writes Theresa Smith, ESI ...

A landslide has engulfed a group of mainly women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them. In a statement broadcast on ...

Experts weigh on continent's persistent resource mismanagementBeing home to rich yet precious natural resources, that worth trillions of USD and feeds the engines of Western development, Africa still ...

Aurum Resources’ drilling of two targets at its Boundiali BM tenement has nailed a top hit of 1m at 150.5g/t gold in a 3m intercept going 50.56g/t gold from 124m.

Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman ...

A coin hoard dating to the 15th century has been discovered near a medieval synagogue in Israel. Why it was deposited there, ...