Assay labs race to boost capacity as exploration burgeons

Surging metals prices over the last two years have brought about a boom in exploration, putting pressure on drill rig suppliers and the mineral laboratories that test the core samples with companies having to wait longer than six months for assay...

'No end of approaches' from potential partners, says junior Foran

Foran Mining, the Canadian junior that owns a base metals deposit in Saskatchewan, aims to complete a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at its McIlvenna Bay project in early 2013, corporate development VP Fiona Childe said on Friday. The...

Mmamabula energy project, Botswana

The Mmamabula coalfield comprises two noncontiguous coal prospecting licences in the Mmamabula coalfields of south-eastern Botswana, namely the 50 840-ha Mmamabula East and the 14 000-ha Mmambula South prospects.