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Resources Watch

Resources Watch

17th June 2026

     

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Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.

 

This week:

Africa must create conditions that allow investment to flourish, Junior Indaba hears

South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba

And, Electra Mining Africa 2026 expands footprint as demand drives growth

 

Mining's future will not be built only by the largest companies. Even though major mining houses are economically critical, history has shown that discoveries are usually made by optimists, entrepreneurs, and explorers.

Junior Indaba chairperson Bernard Swanepoel...

 

The Zandkopsdrift rare earths project in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape was highlighted on day two of the Junior Indaba, which also learnt of the rapid forward momentum of West Wits Mining’s gold-bar producing Qala Shallows mine on the doorstep of Johannesburg, as well as the advance of Pensana's rare earths project in Angola.

 

Frontier Rare Earths CEO and co-founder James Kenny...

 

South Africa’s leading mining exhibition Electra Mining Africa 2026 is set to be the largest edition of the exhibition to date, with organisers expanding the event footprint to a record 44 000 m² in response to growing exhibitor and visitor demand.

 

Electra Mining Africa portfolio director Charlene Hefer...

 

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