Randgold inks three new DRC gold exploration JVs

Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources has entered into three new joint-venture (JV) agreements with juniors in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to look for gold deposits. The company has partnered with TSX-listed Kilo Goldmines, Deveron Resources and Loncor Resources to bring its landholdings in the DRC to 6 539 km2. It previously had a JV with Kilo, called Isiro, through which it identified a 10 km target at Yasua-Yambenda through soil sampling, pitting and trenching.