Windimurra proves up more resource

Vanadium miner Atlantic has increased the resource at its Windimurra project, in Western Australia, by some 16% to 243-million tons, grading 0.48% vanadium oxide. The resource update was a result of further drilling and surveying conducted in...

Wiluna economics improved - Toro

A recently completed review of ASX-listed Toro Energy’s Wiluna uranium project, in Western Australia, has improved the economic parameters of the project. The new economic model found that average annual production of 1.8-million pounds of...

Oz Minerals may start Carrapateena construction by mid-2015

Copper miner Oz Minerals would look to start construction of the Carrapateena project, in South Australia, by mid-2015. In a presentation released to the ASX on Monday, the miner said that prefeasibility work on the copper project would be...

Mineralogy critical to identify and quantify new resources

The role of geological analytical services is becoming increasingly important within the mining industry, owing to more low-grade mineral deposits being developed and increasingly stringent regulations regarding new mining permits and changes to...

Gold miner completes strategic production study at Eritrea mine

Gold producer Sunridge Gold has completed a strategic production study, which examined the metallurgical characteristics of four resources, at the 100%-owned Asmara mine, in Eritrea.

Coffey Mining highlights importance of independent technical audits

ASX-listed Coffey International subsidiary, Coffey Mining, on Wednesday stated that although technical audits were sometimes considered a “grudge purchase”, they were necessary to correctly define the resource body of a project. Coffey Mining...

Positive feedback for Lumwana

TSX- and ASX-listed Equinox Minerals has reported that the uranium feasibility study (UFS) at its Lumwana project, located in the north-western province of Zambia, has been completed.

Equinox confirms high-grade uranium mineralisation in Zambia

TSX- and ASX-listed Equinox Minerals said on Thursday that it had further defined and confirmed discrete zones of high-grade uranium mineralisation at its Zambian Lumwana copper project.

DRC project initiates first copper production

Mineral development and exploration company Teal Exploration & Mining (Teal) has announced that copper mining has commenced on the Lupoto deposit at Teal�s 60% owned Kalumines copper-cobalt project (Kalumines) in the Democratic Republic of...

Teal reports promising results from DRC copper-cobalt prospect

TSX-and JSE-listed Teal Exploration & Mining (Teal) on Thursday reported that preliminary drilling results from the Lupoto area of the Kalumines copper-cobalt project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, had confirmed high grade mineralisation.

Teal starts mining at DRC copper-cobalt project

JSE- and TSX-listed Teal Exploration & Mining said on Tuesday that it had begun mining at its 60%-owned Lupoto copper-cobalt deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Dominion study to include revised resources estimate

Uranium and gold resources company sxr Uranium One reports that its Dominion uranium project, near Klerksdorp, in South Africa, reported a significant increase in indicated and inferred uranium and gold resources.