Africa

Because stretching across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mauritania is an extraordinary collection of iron ore deposits, exploration projects and mineralised belts that could eventually turn West Africa into one of the world's most important iron ore producing regions.

During Q2 2026, more than 15,000 metres of RC drilling was completed across its Senegal projects as part of a wider 40,000-metre drilling programme.

Behind every smooth movement of a drill rig is a collection of pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, hoses and fittings doing considerably more work than most people looking at the finished machine ever see.

Across the country, exploration companies are running programmes involving auger drilling, Air Core, reverse circulation and diamond drilling.

The country changed its mining framework in 2020 after the previous system struggled to attract the level of international exploration investment the government wanted.