Chaos where there should be Gold: The Duffours, Bogoso & Katanomics

Heath Goldfields announced its first gold pour on 19th February 2026. The mine had been dormant for two years. Fourteen hundred workers, the company said, were back on payroll. The Trafigura offtake agreement for 700,000 ounces of gold doré, with $65 million in debt financing, followed within weeks. Bloomberg picked up the story for the world’s mining capitalists.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo