African Tantalum gears mine towards future tantalum deliveries

African Tantalum has sent its third shipment of high-purity tantalum from the Namibia tantalite investment mine (NTI) to its customer, a global North American tantalum consumer and end-user of... 

Canyon Coal connects local community to electricity grid

Mid-tier coal mining and exploration group Canyon Coal, which has operations and projects in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, connected families who live next its Phalanndwa colliery in Delmas, to its... 

Bushveld Minerals completes acquistion of BVL

Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals has completed its acquisition of 55% of Bushveld Vametco by issuing 54.76-million new ordinary share to Yellow Dragon Holdings. “We are delighted to have completed this... 

Kibaran, ProGraphite sign knowledge-sharing agreement

ASX-listed Kibaran Resources has signed a binding agreement with German-based ProGraphite under which it would grant Kibaran full access to its extensive technical and commercial knowledge relating... 

Firestone extends sales agreement of BK11 asset

Lesotho-focused Firestone Diamonds has agreed to extend the option period granted to Amulet Diamond Corporation to purchase the Aim-listed company BK11 asset until December, 31, 2018. BK11 is a... 

Pilbara Minerals signs deals with GAMG, Atlas Iron for lithium

Australian lithium developer Pilbara Minerals has entered into an offtake agreement with Global Advanced Metals (GAMG) for the sale of 100 000 lb of contained tantalum pentoxide-in-concentrates... 

Gold found at Whim Creek project

ASX-listed Venturex Resources has identified two areas of significant gold anomalism at the Loudens Patch and Mays Find prospects at its Whim Creek copper/zinc project, in Western Australia,... 

Base Resources looks to aquire 85% interest in Toliara project

Dual-listed Base Resources has reached agreement with World Titane Holdings to acquire an initial 85% interest in the wholly-owned Mauritian subsidiaries of World Titane, which hold a 100% interest... 

Prospex buys into Tesorillo gas project

Aim-listed investment firm Prospex Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire up to a 49.9% interest in the Tesorillo gas project in the Cadiz province, in southern Spain. Tesorillo contains a known gas... 

ELB contracted to set up DMS plant at iron-ore mine

ELB Engineering Services (ELB) has been awarded a contract to set up a 200 t/h dense media separator (DMS) plant at an undisclosed iron-ore mine, in the Northern Cape. The plant will be capable of... 

Avesoro Resources completes acquisition of West African gold mines

Dual-listed West African gold producer Avesoro Resources has completed its acquisition of the Youga gold mine and Balogo gold mine from Avesoro Jersey, while a concurrent placing of new common... 

Battery Minerals reaches milestone agreement

ASX-listed Battery Minerals has reached another major milestone in its strategy to become a global graphite supplier to the lithium battery industry, signing a binding sales agreement with a... 

Amani Gold extends feasibility study for Giro project

ASX-listed Amani Gold has secured an agreement with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) State-owned entity, Société Minière de Kilo Moto (Sokimo) for an extension to the deadline for completion of a... 

Kibo Mining expects imminent signing of PPA

Dual-listed coal-to-power project developer Kibo Mining on Monday said it expected to sign a final power purchase agreement (PPA) with the newly formed Tanzania Ministry for Energy for the Mbeya... 

Miners to focus on M&A activity, sustainability in year ahead

Nearly two-thirds, or 63%, of mining and metals respondents to the latest EY Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB) say they intend to pursue deals in the next 12 months, demonstrating a higher... 

Rio Tinto embarks on automation roll-out at Pilbara iron-ore operations

Mining giant Rio Tinto will expand its fleet of autonomous haul trucks at its iron-ore operations in the Pilbara by more than 50% by 2019, after signing agreements with manufacturers Caterpillar... 

Vast CEO resigns

Aim-listed miner Vast Resources’ CEO and director Roy Pitchford has resigned from his position, effective December 31.  Vast's Romanian subsidiary president Andrew Prelea will assume the role of... 

Savannah Resources declarise maiden estimate at Mina do Barroso

Aim-listed Savannah Resources has declared a maiden mineral resource estimate of 3.2-million tonnes at 1% lithium dioxide (Li₂O) for its Reservatorio deposit, at the Mina do Barroso lithium... 

Kingrose Mining starts trading on ASX again

ASX-listed Kingsrose Mining on Monday reported that trading in its securities on the stock exchange would resume. The resumption of trading follows the restructure of Kingsrose’s finances,... 

Bacanora signs deal to develop Sonora project

Dual-listed lithium miner Bacanora Minerals and Chinese institutional fund management group NextView Capital have signed an agreement which would see the latter acquire a 19.89% equity interest in... 

Ortac Resources initiates more work programmes at DRC project

Aim-listed Ortac Resources’ subsidiary Casa Mining will start additional work programmes at its Akyanga licence area, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to incorporate parallel extensions to... 

Ark Mines to establish gold processing plant early next year

ASX-listed Ark Mines is on track to complete its Union extended (UE) mining management plan (MMP) for the establishment and operation of a carbon-in-leach (CIL) gold processing plant in the... 

Gascoyne clinches hedging deal with Australian banks

Gascoyne Resources has entered into flat forward gold sales contracts with Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the National Australia Bank (NAB) for 164 000 oz of gold production from its... 

National Treasury appoints new acting Budget Office DDG

Following Michael Sachs’ request to be transferred to other areas of public service earlier this month, the National Treasury Budget Office has appointed Ian Stuart to succeed Sachs as deputy... 

De Aar wind projects connected to the grid

The 96.48 MW De Aar and the 138.96 MW De Aar 2 North wind projects have successfully reached early operations and have been connected to the Hydra transmission substation. The projects, located... 

Kariba dam works on track

The $294-million Kariba dam rehabilitation project (KDRP) is progressing steadily, with the plunge pool currently in the implementation phase and the spillway refurbishment works under procurement,... 

AfriTin advancing towards feasibility studies at Uis mine

Since being admitted to shares trading, Aim-listed AfriTin Mining is now positioned to expand the pilot plant at Uis tin mine, in Western Namibia’s Erongo region, into a commercial operation,... 

Premier sees option for bulk mining scenario at Zulu lithium project

Premier African Minerals has identified the ZDD-45 prospect at its Zulu lithium project, in Zimbabwe, as the project’s best hole to date, as it continues to deliver “excellent results” that are... 

Orion identifies exploration targets through survey

A 962 km2 high-power SkyTEM airborne electromagnetic (EM) survey that dual-listed Orion Minerals started at the Areachap Belt, in the Northern Cape, in late November, has identified four primary... 

Dalradian drilling shows potential for mechanised mining at Curraghinalt

Drilling results from an ongoing programme at dual-listed Dalradian Resources’ Curraghinalt gold deposit in Northern Ireland, have highlighted numerous areas within the deposit that could be... 

Polymetal, Alrosa receive top honours in Russian environmental report

LSE-listed Polymetal International was awarded the top rating in environmental responsibility among Russian metals and mining companies by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF, in collaboration... 

San Jose feasibility study fully funded

ASX-listed Plymouth Minerals has received commitments to raise $6.5-million through the issue of 36.4-million shares at $0.18 apiece, with the funds committed towards the completion of a... 

Ortac increases stake in Casa to 84.7%

Aim-listed Ortac Resources has increased its interest in African gold developer Casa Mining from 45% to 84.7%. The company in November offered to acquire 100% of Casa through the issue of... 

Moody’s sees stable year ahead for base metals, but also expects some risk factors

Ratings agency Moody’s believes 2018 will be a year of relative stability for the global base metals industry after some recovery was experienced this year. In a 2018 outlook analysis, released on... 

MRC refused mining right for West Coast mine

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has refused to extend Australian junior Mineral Commodities’ mining rights application for its Tormin mineral sands mine, on the West Coast near... 

Iluka approves WA ilmenite mine

ASX-listed Iluka Resources has approved the development of the Cataby mineral sands deposit in Western Australia, with production expected by June 2019. This follows the signing of take-or-pay... 

Paringa starts vertical construction of Poplar Grove preparation plant

Vertical construction of a preparation plant at ASX-listed Paringa Resources’ Poplar Grove coal mine, in the Illinois basin, in Kentucky, has started with completion on track for the third quarter... 

Prairie ideally positioned to supply Europe steel producers

The outlook for increased coking coal demand from Europe’s steel producers, coupled with reducing European supply is creating a “perfect storm” for ASX-listed Prairie to become the go-to supplier... 

Premier African Minerals completes further drilling at Zulu lithium project

Multicommodity mining and natural resources development company Premier African Minerals has completed a further 24 drill holes at its Zulu lithium prospect, in Zimbabwe, which the Aim-listed... 

QCoal contracts Sedgman to deliver Byerwen mine

Mineral processing company Sedgman has been contracted to carry out engineering, procurement and construction at QCoal Group’s greenfield Byerwen coal mine in central Queensland, as well as the...