Northam reports solid full-year production, sales performance

JSE-listed Northam Platinum reports that each of its operations delivered a solid performance for the financial year ended June 30, while project development continues apace. Key production metrics... 

Shuka completed eighth drill hole in Zambia

Dual-listed Shuka Minerals has successfully completed the eighth drill hole, KBDD08, in the previously unmined Speaks and Mine Club zones at the Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia. The company and its... 

Ironveld highlights progress with DMS plant

Aim-listed Ironveld, in an operational update on its dense media separation (DMS) plant in Limpopo, South Africa, has highlighted significant progress in production stability, product quality,... 

Elevate increases Marenica project ownership to 90%

ASX-listed Elevate Uranium has entered into two separate agreements to acquire an extra 15% of Marenica Minerals, the owner of the Marenica uranium project, in Namibia, lifting its interest to 90%... 

Toubani secures financing for Mali project construction

ASX-listed Toubani Resources has secured and finalised a $208-million (A$302-million) binding funding package comprising a $160-million (A$232-million) gold stream and a $48-million (A$70-million)... 

Transforming Africa to capitalise on critical minerals requires dramatic strategy shift

The world is entering a new industrial era, built for critical minerals, and this presents an opportunity for Africa to transform its economies, if that transformation is undertaken strategically.... 

Akobo records strongest quarter yet

Scandinavian gold producer Akobo Minerals produced about 37 kg of doré gold from its Ethiopian operations in the second quarter ended June 30, marking the strongest quarterly production period... 

Arika set to begin largest ever drilling campaign at Western Australia projects

ASX-listed Arika Resources has started with mobilisation activities ahead of the next phase of exploration across its 100%-owned Kookynie and Yundamindra gold projects in Western Australia. The... 

Rio Tinto concludes partnership in Sovereign’s Malawi project

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has notified Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals that it will not exercise its option to elect to become operator of the Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi,... 

West African Resources on track to achieve guidance despite permitting delays

ASX-listed unhedged gold mining company West African Resources and its subsidiaries produced 125 179 oz of gold from its Sanbrado and Kiaka operations in the June quarter. Group gold sales for the... 

NeoTerra highlights metallurgical gains at Mozambique project

London-listed NeoTerra says metallurgical breakthroughs at its Monte Muambe project, in Mozambique, have significantly de-risked development of the project’s multi-commodity flowsheet, confirming a... 

Kazera increases interest in South African assets

Aim-listed Kazera Global has agreed to acquire additional interests in Whale Head Minerals (WHM) and Deep Blue Minerals (DBM), the company’s South African heavy mineral sands and diamond interests... 

Toubani to acquire portion of Avanti Gold

ASX-listed Toubani Resources will acquire 19.9% of the issued shares of CSE-listed company Avanti Gold through a share swap arrangement with certain shareholders of the company. Toubani will issue... 

GoldStone secures extension to loan, interest payment dates

Aim-listed GoldStone Resources has agreed an extension to the terms of the standstill agreement originally entered into on December 29, 2023, in relation to its existing gold loan agreement with... 

Blencowe selects site for downstream processing operations in Uganda

London-listed Blencowe Resources has selected the preferred site for the future downstream operations associated with its Orom-Cross graphite project, in Uganda. Following an extensive search and... 

RPZ, Appian commission SAG mill for Namibia project

Mining company Rosh Pinah Zinc (RPZ) and investment advisor Appian Capital Advisory have announced the commissioning of the new semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill at the miner’s underground... 

Murray & Roberts Limited closes Differential transaction for mining businesses

The joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of Murray & Roberts Limited (MRL) have completed the Differential Capital transaction, a major milestone in the implementation of MRL’s business... 

US-Iran deal to have varied impact on metals complex – BMI

The metals complex is poised for a mixed performance following the US-Iran deal announced in June, with easing demand-side concerns supporting industrial metals, while the alleviation of... 

Action imperative for future success of global mining industry – PwC

The mining industry is delivering a solid financial performance despite grappling with rising geopolitical pressures, energy transition demands and structural investment gaps. However, despite this... 

Chilwa triples Mpyupyu West HMS discovery

ASX-listed Chilwa Minerals reports that reconnaissance hand panning has been extended to the south and south-east of Mpyupyu Hill at the company’s Mpyupyu West heavy mineral sands (HMS) discovery... 

Arkle describes its foray into Namibian uranium as an important development

Aim-listed Arkle Resources last year continued its strategy as a gold, zinc and lithium explorer, working in Ireland and Botswana, but highlights in a preliminary results statement for the year... 

Gold central bank demand to persist – Heraeus

Gold’s characterises and the demand for this precious metal make it an excellent reserve asset; therefore, central bank demand is likely to continue to persist into the future, Heraeus Precious... 

Altona changes name to reflect broader goals

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has changed its name to NeoTerra Group, effective June 22, to reflect its evolution from a rare earth-focused exploration company into a broader critical minerals... 

Pan African takeover of Emmerson approved, ASX listing to begin

An Australian court-approved scheme of arrangement for dual-listed Pan African Resources to acquire ASX-listed Emmerson Resources through the latter’s wholly owned subsidiary Tennant Consolidated... 

Kazera, Hebei reach settlement in Namibia tantalum arbitration matter

Aim-listed Kazera Global has executed a definitive settlement agreement with Hebei Xinjian Construction in respect of a previously announced arbitration award concerning African Tantalum (Aftan),... 

Harmony reports loss-of-life incident at Moab Khotsong mine

Gold miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has announced that an employee at its Moab Khotsong mine near Orkney lost his life in a seismicity-related fall-of-ground incident on the morning of June 19.... 

Emmerson granted UK patent for Khemisset multimineral process

London-listed Emmerson’s patent application for the Khemisset multimineral process (KMP), titled ‘Processing of Evaporite Minerals (Application No. 2315003.0)’, has been granted by the UK... 

Askari expands Namibian project pipeline

ASX-listed Askari Metals’ in-house hyperspectral study has identified seven new high-priority pegmatite targets at the Uis project, in Namibia, materially expanding the project’s target pipeline... 

Trinity supplying US with rare earths, sees potential in US-Rwanda partnership

Rwanda-based mining company Trinity Metals says exports from its Nyakabingo tungsten mine now account for up to 20% of primary tungsten concentrate consumption in the US. Since the commercial... 

Pensana’s Qatari backer bolsters board

Sheikh Dr Badr bin Dalhim Al-Faheid Al-Hajri has joined the board of the Qatar-backed Cascade Natural Resources and has expressed his support for the company’s $165-million strategic investment... 

PFS confirms ‘compelling’ economics of Turaco’s Côte d’Ivoire project

The results of a prefeasibility study (PFS) on ASX-listed Turaco Gold’s Afema gold project, in south-east Côte d’Ivoire, identify several opportunities to further improve the already compelling... 

Ucore, SOMA to collaborate on rare earth supply chain

TSX-V-listed Ucore Rare Metals has announced a strategic cooperation framework with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) to support the development of a diversified rare earth supply chain... 

Fortuna’s Senegalese mine approved for ESIA

TSX- and NYSE-listed Fortuna Mining has received an environmental decree from Senegal’s Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition approving the environmental and social impact assessment... 

E3 Lithium commissions Phase 2 of demonstration facility

Canadian lithium development company E3 Lithium has successfully commissioned Phase 2 of its Clearwater project demonstration facility in Alberta and continues to operate a reservoir production... 

Rome Resources starts small-scale tin mining to covert DRC permit into full scale project

Aim-listed Rome Resources has started a small-scale tin mining programme at its Kalayi project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), seeking to fulfil a key regulatory requirement required to... 

Perseus enlarges share buyback programme

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining, with gold projects in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, has approved an increase of A$50-million to an active on-market share buyback programme, bringing it to... 

PEA confirms robust economics of Resouro’s Brazil project

ASX-listed Resouro Strategic Metals says it has delivered on a “major milestone” with the completion of the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for a starter operation at its flagship Tiros rare... 

NUM warns of 1 700 job loss risk as Petra’s mines enter business rescue

Trade union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has condemned the decision by London-listed Petra Diamonds to place the Finch diamond mine in Kimberley under business rescue and to issue a... 

Aldoro reports promising assay results from Namibia project

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported “compelling” assay results from diamond drill holes DD008G and DD005D at its flagship Kameelburg rare earth elements (REE)/strontium/niobium project, with... 

Minerals Council to engage dtic on beneficiation element of new industrial development strategy

Industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa says it will engage the government on its Industrial Development Strategy 2026 released by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition...