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Skylark Minerals has completed Phase 1 drilling at its M’Basso Prospect, defining a 750m mineralised strike and identifying a new eastern gold zone. Metallurgical tests show 95% gold extraction, supporting a straightforward processing route.

Turaco Gold’s pre-feasibility study for the Afema Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire reveals a maiden 1.91 million ounce Probable Ore Reserve and robust project economics, underpinning a 10.3-year mine life producing over 2 million ounces of gold.

Dalaroo Metals has mapped a substantial 7-kilometre gold corridor at its Gold Ridge Project in Côte d'Ivoire, highlighted by a standout soil assay of 23.26g/t Au. The company is advancing with a 5,000m auger drilling program ahead of a fully funded +20,000m RC drilling campaign starting July 2026.

DeSoto Resources has kicked off a substantial 10,000-metre power auger drilling program at its Timbakouna Gold Project in Guinea, aiming to test beneath lateritic cover and build on historic high-grade gold intercepts.

Toubani Resources reports rapid earthworks progress and equipment deliveries at Kobada Gold Project, maintaining its target for first gold in Q3 2027.

Resolute Mining’s Syama gold mine in Mali faces production setbacks in Q2 2026 due to security-driven logistical disruptions, pushing output below forecast while maintaining full-year guidance near the lower end.

Dalaroo Metals has pinpointed a continuous 4.3km gold-in-soil anomaly at its Gold Ridge Prospect in Côte d'Ivoire, aligning with a major 9km geophysical corridor and artisanal workings. A 5,000m auger drilling program is set to test the bedrock source ahead of maiden RC drilling.

DeSoto Resources has wrapped up a large-scale Bulk Leach Extractable Gold (BLEG) stream sediment sampling program across six projects in Guinea’s prolific Siguiri Basin, with 143 samples now awaiting assay results.

Desert Metals has expanded its Tiogo gold anomaly at Tengrela South, Côte d'Ivoire, by over 3km northwards, unveiling a new high-priority target ready for drilling.

MetalsGrove Mining has identified extensive gold anomalous trends spanning 18km at its Zuénoula permit, setting the stage for multiple drill targets as soil sampling and assay results advance.

DeSoto Resources has identified two priority soil anomaly zones at its Timbakouna Project in Guinea’s Siguiri Basin, setting the stage for targeted drilling after airborne magnetics surveys and infill sampling.

Castle Minerals has locked in a 90% stake in the Nielle Gold Project, a high-grade asset in a prolific West African gold belt, while planning to divest its Ghanaian holdings and rebrand as TerraNova Metals.