Erdene Resource Development Corp is developing what will be one of the highest-grade openpit gold mines in the world. 

Spartan Resources announced a A$25-million institutional placement on November 17 to accelerate its growth strategy. 

Jervois has started its underground resource extension programme at the RAM deposit at the Idaho Cobalt Operations. 

Menar, telecommunications group MTN and technology giant Huawei have teamed up to bring fifth-generation technology to the Gugulethu colliery. 

Sovereign Metals has announced that a bulk sampling programme is under way. 

De Grey Mining plans to establish a gold mine with a ten-million-tonne-a-year throughput, in the Pilbara. 

A prefeasibility study has significantly derisked and enhanced the economics of the project. 

Barrick Gold plans to elevate this once-unprofitable operation into the front rank of copper producers. 

Lucapa has paused work on a feasibility study on its Merlin project. 

Hot Chili has taken another step in its consolidation strategy for the project. 

The project has extracted its first ore. 

Ionic Rare Earths continues to pursue advanced talks to increase its interest in the project from the 60% it already holds. 

Magnum Mining & Exploration is considering a fast startup option for its Buena Vista iron project. 

The project is well financed to continue advancing the project towards initial production. 

Caravel Minerals has provided its first detailed assessment of precious metals within the Caravel project. 

Atlantic Lithium's Ghanaian subsidiary Green Metals Resources has been granted the Bewadze and Senya Beraku prospecting licences in the eastern portion of Atlantic's Cape Coast lithium portfolio,... 

B2Gold is advancing the engineering study on the expansion project. 

Deep-South Resources has changed its name to Koryx Copper. 

The completion of the definitive feasibility study has been delayed to the first quarter of 2024. 

New Acland Coal is at the centre of legal proceedings initiated by the Queensland Conservation Council. 

The project has received Ministerial approval to proceed with the development. 

A preliminary economic assessment has shown a low-capital, two-phased operation. 

A preliminary economic assessment has supported an openpit and underground mining operation over an 11-year mine life. 

IonicRE expects to produce its first mixed rare-earth carbonate early in the first quarter of next year. 

West Wits has received formal acceptance of its application for a new prospecting right. 

A scoping study has proposed the construction of a more than two-million-tonne-a-year carbon-in-leach processing plant. 

Centerra Gold has started a feasibility study. 

Jubilee Metals Group and Mopani Copper Mines plan to process historical slag from the project. 

Ascot Resources has made considerable progress on outdoor areas, such as the tailings storage facility earthworks, the new water treatment plant and the electrical substation.