Tulawaka mine, Tanzania

An openpit mine situated in Tanzania.

African Barrick to miss 2011 target

African Barrick Gold will fall short of its 700 000 oz production target for 2011, as power outages in Tanzania had cost it between 35 000 oz and 40 000 oz of gold in the financial year. The majority of this impact had been at the Buzwagi mine,...

MDN seeks 'strategic partner' on Quebec project

TSX-listed junior MDN has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance to advise the company in its search for a strategic partner on the Crevier niobium/tantalum project in Quebec. PwCCF will help identify potential partners to help develop...

African Barrick more than triples FY income

LSE-listed African Barrick Gold (ABG), which produces gold from four mines in Tanzania, said net income more than tripled to $218-million in 2010. The precious metals miner on Wednesday reported that a strong fourth quarter saw sales for the year...

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...

Buzwagi gold project, Tanzania

The Buzwagi project will be an openpit operation, with a gravity-leach circuit.

Canadian junior produces record output at Tanzanian mine

TSX-listed mining and exploration junior Minieres du Nord (MDN) achieved record gold production at its Tulawaka mine, in Tanzania, which is a joint venture (JV) with wholly owned Barrick Gold subsidiary Pangea Goldfields.

Tanzanian govt approves EIA for Barrick's Buzwagi project

Canadian gold major Barrick Gold Corporation on Friday announced that it had received approval from the Tanzanian government on the environmental impact assessment on its Buzwagi project, located 80 km south of its Bulyanhulu mine, in Tanzania.

Tulawaka mine, Tanzania

Name: Tulawaka mine. Location: Tulawaka mine is located 160 km south-west of Mwanza, West Tanzania. Brief history: Gold mineralisation was discovered on the Tulawaka property in September 1998. A special mining licence was grantedto Pangea...

Barrick-Placer together create world's biggest

South Africa's gold-mining predominance slipped away for the second time last week with the merging of Barrick and Placer Dome, which formed the world's largest gold-mining company. The first slip occurred when one-time production leader AngloGold...

Barrick-Placer together create world's biggest gold group

South Africa’s gold-mining predominance slipped away for the second time last week with the merging of Barrick and Placer Dome, which formed the world’s largest gold-mining company.