Malawi has significant potential for rare-earth elements – Geological Survey

Malawi’s Geological Survey Department (GSD) and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Economic Corporation (JOGMEC) have completed a ground-truthing exercise that has confirmed that Malawi has a number of unexploited areas with potential for...

Malawi official elected head of 
global mining, metals and 
sustainable development body

The director Malawi’s Geological Survey Department (GSD), Leonard Kalindekafe, is the new chairperson of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, a global forum aimed at enhancing the contribution of...

Geological remapping of Malawi 
gets off the ground

Malawi’s Geological Survey Department (GSD), in collaboration with the UK GSD, has embarked on the long-awaited $42-million geological remapping of the country, which will entail grassroot exploration to produce geological, geophysical and...

Malawi reports output growth in several sectors

Malawi, predominantly an agricultural country, says that several sectors of the mining industry reported increased production in 2007 and expects this trend to continue, creating much-needed employment and enhancing the sector’s contribution to...

Lagging Malawi prioritising geological remapping

The Malawi government is in talks with the World Bank, the European Union and the French government with a view to getting them to finance a $36-million geological exploration and remapping exercise the Southern African country intends to undertake.

Malawi govt woos investors as gold exploration results prove

The Malawi government says its preliminary exploration for gold in the Kirk Range �a mountainous area in the west of the Southern African country � is producing encouraging results.

Malawi in negoatiations with French to secure funding for geological exploration and remapping project

The Malawi government is negotiating with the French government for the latter to finance the Southern African country’s long-awaited $36-million geological exploration and remapping exercise.

Malawi launches coal-exploration programme in bid to open way for investors

The Malawi government’s Geological Survey Department has launched a coal-exploration programme across the country, with a view to collecting enough data to attract private investment in the coal-mining sector.

Government in gold-, coal-exploration push

The Malawi government has launched preliminary exploration work for gold and coal in a number of areas in the country, the results of which are expected to attract the private sector to carry out detailed exploration for the two minerals.

Government wants partners to carry out detailed gold, base-metals and PGM work

The Malawi government is seeking technical and financial partners to carry out detailed exploration for high-value minerals such as gold, base metals and platinum-group minerals (PGMs).

More rare-earth potential in Malawi

Malawi - The Malawian government’s department of geological surveys says its studies have unveiled rare-earth mining potential in a number of areas in the country, whose exploitation would lead Malawi to become one of the world’s major...

Malawi to pursue big geo-mapping project

Malawi – The Malawian government is preparing to start a mineral exploration and geological remapping exercise targeting the whole country, but with the emphasis on areas reported to have high-value minerals, such as gold, platinum-group...