Junior Mining
Mesa Exploration Corp.
Company Announcement: Mesa Exploration Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
Mesa Exploration Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of Directors Greg French and Larry Kornze effective immediately.
4th April 2012
GOLD
Great Basin Gold announces new deal to raise C$50m
Dual-listed Great Basin Gold has terminated its bought deal announced last week, and replaced it a new deal, sweetening the offer price to C$0.75 a share. The junior mining company was aiming to raise C$50-million to carry its Burnstone gold...By: Henry Lazenby
16th March 2012
SILVER
US Silver eyes an additional 1Moz/y by late 2014
Where the market tumult over recent months has made life tough for juniors that need to raise money to keep their drill rigs turning, for existing producers with a bit of cash in the bank, it spells opportunity.
“The ones that have financed...
By: Matthew Hill
6th March 2012
MINING FINANCE
PDAC fast approaching, promoters will have to fight for funding
Ask a junior mining company about the current hardships of trying to raise big money to build a project, and metaphors involving drawing blood from stones might ensue.
It should come as no surprise then that Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Metals...
By: Matthew Hill
1st March 2012
SOUTH AFRICAN MINING
South African Finance Minister unveils incentive for emerging miners
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is establishing a venture capital incentive for junior mining companies to strengthen growth in the South African mining sector.
The fund would, through the Industrial Development Corporation, make R24.6-million a...
By: Natasha Odendaal
22nd February 2012
EXPLORATION
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...
By: Matthew Hill
8th February 2012
EGYPT
Canadian junior has big hopes for Egyptian gold
As the first elections since the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak draw to a close in Egypt this week, a Canadian junior mining company sees an “extremely” bright future ascending over its arid plains. Toronto-based Alexander Nubia...By: Matthew Hill
2nd December 2011
MINING TAX
Australia’s MRRT goes before Senate Economic Committee
The Australian Parliament on Thursday referred the Mineral Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) Bill and the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax Bill to a Senate Economic Committee.
The committee would be seeking written submissions from interested individuals and...
10th November 2011
BC Iron Limited
Company Announcement: BC Iron supports Forrest's concerns about Mining Tax’s unfair treatment of small mining companies
BC Iron supports Andrew Forrest's concerns about the proposed Mining Tax’s unfair treatment of smaller mining companies
7th November 2011
Coal
Colliery focuses on refurbishment to increase efficiency
Junior mining company South African Coal Mining Holdings’ (SACMHs) Umlabu colliery, in the Breyten area, near Ermelo, has undergone significant refurbishment to ensure that the mine produces 50 000 t/m of export coal.By: Dimakatso Motau
12th August 2011
SA MINING
Chamber, Samda unite behind State mining company
South Africa’s State-owned mining company will officially start operating in Mpumalanga this weekend, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Friday. President Jacob Zuma will launch African Exploration Mining & Finance Corporation...By: Megan Wait
25th February 2011
MINING FINANCE
$110m Africa-focused mining fund launched
African and international institutions have committed up to $110-million in junior venture capital through the second New Africa Mining Fund (NAMF II) at the first closing on January 31. The Africa-focused capital fund, which was launched on...By: Petronel Smit
2nd February 2011
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