AFRICA

Fortuna and DeSoto pair up for $12.5M Guinea odyssey

A three-year search for gold in the West African country's Siguiri Basin begins in earnest

“Guinea’s Siguiri Basin has demonstrated potential to host multi-million-ounce gold deposits in a country with a long mining history."

“Guinea’s Siguiri Basin has demonstrated potential to host multi-million-ounce gold deposits in a country with a long mining history." | Credits: Denis Kvarda / Shutterstock

Fortuna Mining and DeSoto Resources have forged an exploration alliance to explore Guinea's Siguiri Basin, the New York-listed gold miner announced this week (October 2). Over the next three years in...

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