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Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Pan African poised for rerate as growth options abound

A R500m share buyback could be money well spent for Pan African Resources, the JSE-listed gold miner. Most analysts think the company is on the cusp of a rerate following its…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Pan African plans R500m buy-back after declaring record dividend

PAN African Resources announced plans to buy back up to R500m of its own shares after a surge in cash flow helped it declare a record final dividend for its 2026 financial year.…

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Pan African gold project draws investor interest

PAN African Resources said it had received offers from potential co-investors in a proposed underground gold expansion in South Africa. The miner announced in February it was…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Pan African deepens Aussie expansion with A$15m CuFe stake

PAN African Resources surged into net cash in the second half of its 2026 financial year amid record gold production and despite mining inflation and dealmaking. The JSE and…

Tennant mine, Australia

Pan African pays its way out of Aussie gold penalty

SOUTH African miners have made hay in Australia in recent years. Harmony Gold and Thungela Resources have bought mines in the country as local resources dry up. Gold miner Pan…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources
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Pan African goes all in on Australia’s ‘heart of gold’

PAN African Resources – a one-time gold-mining minnow that started with just a deep-level mine in Barberton – is extending its empire in Australia. This, arguably, at peak gold…

Pan African’s Tennant Mines, Australia

Pan African to buy out Aussie JV partner in £163m deal

PAN African Resources announced on Monday it was to buy out its joint venture partner in its Australian Tennant Creek joint venture in an all-share deal worth £163m (A$311m) and…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Loots rules out deals at current gold prices

IT’S been a transformative year for Pan African Resources, yet the company remains strongly inward focused for its future growth ambitions. Over the past 12 months the company’s…

The Golden Quarry deposit at Sheba mine in Mpumalanga province

Pan African dusts off historic gold in drive for growth

PAN African Resources said on Wednesday it will pay shareholders a maiden interim dividend of 12 South African cents per share, equal to a gross payout of R280m ($17.4m or…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources
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Pan African unveils maiden interim dividend as gold smashes $5000

PAN African Resources is to pay a maiden interim dividend amid a strong operational performance for the six months ended December. Announcing an operational update for the…

FTSE listing to give Pan African investor lift

PAN African Resources, once considered an also-ran in South Africa’s gold sector, has been admitted to the FTSE 250 index following its recent shift to London’s main board. “We…

Pan African Resources’s Mogale plant, Johannesburg.

Pan African to study R2.8bn expansion of Mintails

PAN African Resources said on Thursday it was studying plans for the R2.8bn expansion of its Johannesburg tailings operations to nearly 100,000 ounces of gold a year. The company…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Gold miner ratings still sensible despite rampant metal

PAN African Resources is hoping a Main Market listing in London can help capture new investors who are underweight in gold or are looking for a replacement stock given the recent…

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Pan African hits high note amid unstinting gold price

GOLD was expected to remain at “extremely attractive” levels during Pan African Resources’ 2026 financial year, said the firm’s CEO Cobus Loots who added that investment in gold…

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Pan African surges to high as plots London Main Market listing

PAN African Resources said on Monday it had applied to move its AIM listing in London to the bourse’s Main Market. “We believe the proposed move from AIM to the Main Market will…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Pan African launches buyback despite scaling record high

GOLD miner Pan African Resources will be implementing a share buyback from Tuesday, 1 July, because it believes its shares still offer value and it wishes to return capital to…

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Pan African misses gold guidance but slashes net debt

PAN African Resources said on Wednesday gold production for its 2025 financial year would slip below guidance while costs would be higher owing to delays at its Evander…

The Golden Quarry deposit at Sheba mine in Mpumalanga province

Pan African’s underground mines could check its ambitions

CAN Pan African Resources follow up on last year’s stellar performance? It was the JSE’s third-best performing share in 2024 — it doubled in value — owing to the improvement in…

Pan African calls time on rampant gold theft at Sheba mine

PAN African Resources said it had “had enough” of rampant gold theft and declining productivity at its Sheba mine in Mpumalanga which it is now restructuring. “It’s time for a…

Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources

Pan African to consider paying interim dividend in 2026

PAN African Resources will consider paying an interim dividend in its 2026 financial year provided the price of gold remains buoyant. Cobus Loots, CEO of Pan African said in the…