Thomas Mariee's expedition down the Rokel River was an exercise in getting out of his comfort zone, one rapid and insect bite ...

Sunergy Inc will begin doing the rounds of potential investors and banks in coming weeks to drum up finance for its new operations in Sierra Leone. The American junior, based in Arizona, has just ...

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

It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector for income. Artisanal gold mining is estimated to produce around 30 tons of gold a year and ...

More than 70 people were killed in January last year after a shaft collapsed at an artisanal gold mining site in the Kangaba Cercle. The overhaul is aimed at reducing costs at the cobalt and ...