23/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

South African banks are being engaged to fund Liberia’s first commercial gold mine; Official bungling is preventing fully trained South African electricians from proving that they are fully qualified; and South Africa and the brand new...

Crusader starts BFS on Brazil project

ASX-listed Crusader Resources has undertaken a bankable feasibility study (BFS) on its Borborema gold project, in Brazil. The BFS would investigate a possible four-million-ton-a-year operation, for an estimated life-of-mine of ten years. This...

Mine investors tipping Botswana as potential regional energy hub

Botswana could be a regional source of electricity generated from coal, gas and the sun, say emerging foreign mining investors. South Africa’s JSE-listed Exxaro, for example, is one of several mainly Australian explorers and mines showing a...

Mine investors tipping Botswana as potential regional energy hub

Botswana could be a regional source of electricity generated from coal, gas and sun, say emerging foreign mining investors.

MDN aims for 2012 start-up at Quebec niobium/tantalum project

Montreal-based MDN Inc believes it can be producing niobium and tantalum from its Quebec project by 2012, exploration vice-president Marc Boisvert said in Toronto on Friday. There is a scoping study under way at the moment, which will be...

Quebec gold junior uses cash advantage to snap up niobium asset

Sure, it may have just announced plans to buy as much as 75% of an advanced niobium/tantalum project, but Montreal-based MDN Inc remains firmly a gold-focused company, says exploration vice-president Marc Boisvert. For MDN, the end game is to...

Aflease acquires Mozambique gold concession

South African gold miner Aflease Gold has acquired the 22 000-ha Tulo concession, in Mozambique, which CEO Neal Froneman formerly described as a "company maker" for the new Gold One. Aflease last month announced that it would merge with...

Petra’s 2008 performance boosted by Koffiefontein turnaround

Aim-listed Petra Diamonds’ 2008 financial year was its most successful thus far, with the group recording substantial revenue and margin growth against the backdrop of a series of landmark acquisitions. The miner swung to a $1,9-million profit...

Still chance of major new diamond discovery in SA – Oppenheimer

De Beers’ explorers still see the potential for a major new diamond discovery in South Africa and that’s why the company’s exploration team is continuing to invest in exploration in South Africa, says diamond doyen Nicky Oppenheimer. Is...

Still chance of major new diamond discovery in South Africa – Oppenheimer

De Beers’ explorers still see the potential for a major new diamond discovery in South Africa and that’s why the company’s exploration team is continuing to invest in exploration in South Africa, says diamond doyen Nicky Oppenheimer.

‘Company maker’ increases market cap by a third

The Ruashi orebody, which Metorex views as a ‘company maker’ is the group’s single-largest capital investment to date and has increased the company’s market capitalisation figure by a third.

DRC project could triple Jhb company's earnings

Johannesburg-based company Metorex has recently begun work on a project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which, it believes, could be a 'company maker'.