"Eleven killed in Sudan gold mine collapse as civil war rages" 29 of June 2025

The partial collapse of a traditional gold mine in Sudan’s northeast has killed 11 miners and wounded seven others, according to the state mining company...Since the war erupted in April 2023, both sides’ war chests have been largely funded by Sudan’s gold industry...
The company added that it had previously suspended work in the mine and “warned against its continuing activity due to its posing great risk to life”...

...The army-backed government, nevertheless, announced record gold production of 64 tonnes in 2024...according to those sources, much of the gold produced by both sides is smuggled to Chad, South Sudan and Egypt, before reaching the UAE, the world’s second-largest gold exporter...