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Donna Slater
Donna Slater is a Creamer Media Chief Photographer and Senior Contributing Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Rainbow upgrades Phalaborwa resource estimate, progresses pilot plant build
20th March 2023 London-based Rainbow Rare Earths has increased the mineral resource estimate of its Phalaborwa rare earths project, in Limpopo, to a measured and indicated 30.4-million tonnes at 0.44% total rare earth oxide (TREO), with the high-value, permanent magnet elements neodymium and praseodymium... →
Mintek highlights its role in developing mineral processing technology
20th March 2023 Mining analytical services company Mintek has highlighted its commitment to partner with the mining industry in developing and expanding new and existing technologies that can solve the industry’s mineral processing challenges. Along with more than 21 African countries and several mining... →
Proposed Trillium-Pacton merger to ‘change the map’ of the Red Lake district
20th March 2023 Canadian explorer Trillium Gold Mines and Pacton Gold have a merger that will create a company that manages 15 projects, covering 1 260 km2 in the prolific Red Lake mining district of northern Ontario. The companies state that their combined property holdings will be bigger than major gold... →
Business resilience the reason South Africa’s economy ‘not collapsing completely – Jammine
17th March 2023 Despite South Africa’s economy being “not a great environment” currently, economic consultancy Econometrix director and chief economist Dr Azar Jammine said South African business has shown typical resilience, ensuring “things are not collapsing completely”. Speaking at the yearly post-Budget... →
Ongoing Ewoyaa exploration adds significantly to mineral resource estimate
15th March 2023 Exploration work at Aim- and ASX-listed Africa-focussed lithium explorer and developer Atlantic Lithium’s Ewoyaa lithium project, in Ghana, has added a significant volume to the project’s mineral resource estimate, upgrading it to 35.3-million tonnes at a grade of 1.25% lithium oxide. This... →
Millennial Potash to start drilling previously explored Gabon prospect
15th March 2023 TSX-V-listed potash explorer Millennial Potash reports that all the drill holes at its previously explored Millennial Potash project in Gabon have intersected potash mineralisation, thereby leading the company to be optimistic about the project's potential. “It is a well-known potash basin,”... →
Two Exxaro board members to retire by rotation
15th March 2023 Diversified energy company Exxaro Resources reports that independent nonexecutive directors Vuyisa Nkonyeni and Lenamile Mophatlane will retire by rotation, with effect from May 18. Nkonyeni will retire from his role as chairperson and member of the audit and investment committees, while... →
Namibian High Court sets aside Mining Ministry’s decision not to renew Haib licence
13th March 2023 The High Court of Namibia has rendered its judgment in a court case brought by copper explorer and developer Deep-South Resources to renew its license to explore the Haib copper project, consequently reviewing the case and setting aside the decision of the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia... →
NUM backs Mantashe on pro-coal stance
10th March 2023 Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has expressed its support for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s pro-coal stance, alleging “coercion” efforts to move away from the carbon-intensive fuel are driven by an “anti-fossil fuel agenda”. As he has done on... →
Southern Palladium buoyed by positive exploration results
10th March 2023 Positive results have emanated from exploration work at JSE- and ASX-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) project developer Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project, in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, MD Johan Odendaal says. Having accessed the PGM-bearing Merensky Reef, assay results from... →
Encouraging results emerge from Rodruin metallurgical testwork
10th March 2023 Exploration samples from TSX-V-listed gold explorer Aton Resources’ Egypt-based Rodruin advanced exploration project have returned “very encouraging” results, reports interim CEO Tonno Vahk. These metallurgical testwork results from the Rodruin oxides follow an initial scoping level testwork... →
Bushveld Electrolyte Company on track for first production
10th March 2023 Integrated primary vanadium producer and energy storage solutions provider Bushveld Minerals reports that its South African vanadium electrolyte factory – Bushveld Electrolyte Company (Belco) – is on track for completion before the end of the first half of the year. The Belco plant is currently... →
Thungela expects to report more than 100% increase in earnings for 2022
9th March 2023 JSE-listed thermal coal exporter Thungela Resources expects its earnings a share for the year ended December 31 to have increased by between 105% and 111% year-on-year to between R125 and R129. Headline earnings a share are expected to have increased by between 95% and 100% year-on-year, to... →
Coal drives up Exxaro’s full-year earnings
9th March 2023 JSE-listed diversified energy company Exxaro Resources expects its headline earnings a share for the year ended December 31 to have increased bu between 20% and 34% year-on-year, to between R56.20 and R62.75 – primarily owing to the good performance of its coal business, which was driven by... →
De Beers sells $495m of rough diamonds in second sales cycle of 2023
8th March 2023 Anglo American's diamond mining business De Beers provisionally sold $495-million worth of rough diamonds through its global sightholder sales and auctions in its second sales cycle of 2023 – from February 20 to March 7. Although the latest figure remains subject to adjustment based on final... →
Kavango mobilises specialists after unearthing significant gold mineralisation at Ditau
6th March 2023 Botswana-focused base and precious metals explorer Kavango Resources has commissioned professor and former Department of Geology at Brandon University in Canada chairperson Dr Hamid Mumin to undertake a review of the mineral exploration potential of its Ditau project, as well as sent a senior... →
Poseidon progressing Black Swan restart with 20% of assays returned
6th March 2023 ASX-listed Poseidon Nickel is progressing with its efforts to restart the Black Swan project with 20% of assays returned of a 11 000 m in-pit drill programme that aims to increase the mining inventory to extend the mine life and enhance start-up feed schedule. The company also notes that it has... →
Revised terms for Dawn HPAL+ project lifts nameplate capacity, lowers capex guarantee -Nickel Industries
6th March 2023 Australia-based Nickel Industries on Monday unveiled plans for a 67 000 t/y high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) project, in Indonesia, that would cost no more than $2.3-billion to bring to nameplate capacity. The ASX-listed company announced revised terms for the Dawn HPAL+ project. which forms... →
Green Technology takes option on Ontario lithium project
6th March 2023 Canada-focused multi-asset lithium business Green Technology Metals has signed a binding agreement for a C$500 000 option to purchase an 80% interest in the Junior Lake project from Landore Resources Canada. The project, currently fully-owned by Landore, comprises 591 staked mineral claims on 10... →
QPM’s TECH project receives potential loans totalling A$900m
6th March 2023 Canadian export credit agency Export Development Canada (EDC) has doubled its indicative debt financing commitment in ASX-listed critical minerals developer Queensland Pacific Metals’ (QPMs’) for the TECH project to A$400-million. EDC’s interest, expressed through the non-binding letter of... →
Africa should build battery metals value chain to capitalise on its mineral resources
3rd March 2023 The world must decarbonise its growth models and shift to renewable energy sources to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the United Nations’ (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goals and Africa’s Agenda 2063, UN Economic Commission for Africa acting executive secretary Antonio Pedro has... →
KP Lime looks to expand with an additional pit
3rd March 2023 Global commodities trader IMR Resources is set to expand its Kgatelopele Lime (KP Lime) mine, in the Northern Cape, with a second openpit operation that is expected to be built within the next two years in close proximity to the currently in-use Bowden pit. Previously owned by construction... →
The currently-mined Bowden pit of the KP Lime mine.
‘Responsible platinum’ information portal launched
3rd March 2023 Platinum marketing organisation Platinum Guild International (PGI) has launched an information portal on responsible platinum to help the jewellery trade and consumers learn about how platinum is responsibly sourced, abiding by industry-leading guidelines concerning environmental standards,... →
DRA secured new contracts, rebased the business in 2022
28th February 2023 Deals worth A$638-million were awarded to multidisciplinary engineering, project management and operations management group DRA Global in 2022, as the group sought to strengthen its relationships with longstanding clients and broadened its geographic footprint. "Financial year 2022 saw the... →
Junior miner allocations won't impact existing manganese slots – TFR
28th February 2023 State-owned rail operator Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) says its opening of rail capacity allocations to junior miners will not impact existing guaranteed manganese miner export allocations. As part of what it says is an expansion of rail capacity allocation and efforts to create a more inclusive... →
Anglo appoints nonexec director, sustainability committee member
28th February 2023 Diversified miner Anglo American has appointed Magali Anderson nonexecutive director and a member of its board sustainability committee, effective April 1. She is currently building materials company Holcim Group’s chief sustainability and innovation officer and a member of Holcim’s executive... →
Kavango completes strategic review to bolster push into Botswana
28th February 2023 Southern Africa-focussed metals explorer Kavango Resources has completed its strategic review, which was undertaken to provide a detailed analysis of the company’s current projects, its operations in Botswana, its commodity focus, opportunities for regional expansion and outline the swiftest path... →
Technology Minerals receives five exploration permits in Cameroon
28th February 2023 Cameroon’s Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development has granted five exploration permits for LSE-listed battery minerals company Technology Minerals’ nickel, cobalt and copper project, which has recently been validated under Cameroon law. At least three of the permits are in... →
Lifezone completes technical report summary for 40.4Mt Kabanga nickel project
27th February 2023 Critical minerals and green beneficiation company Lifezone Holdings has completed an S-K 1300 technical report summary (TRS) estimating mineral resources of 40.4-million tonnes for its exploration-stage Kabanga nickel project in north-west Tanzania. Lifezone believes the Kabanga project,... →
Shanta boosts group resources threefold in five years through exploration
27th February 2023 East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer Shanta Gold reports that, over the past five years, it has grown its group resources threefold from 1.2-million ounces grading at an average of 3.28 g/t, to a currently-held 3.7-million ounces, says CEO Eric Zurrin. He says ongoing... →
URA completes acquisition to take ownership of extensive Gravelotte mine
27th February 2023 LSE-listed diversified explorer URA has completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued shares in Gem Venus Holdings – the owner of the majority interest in the Gravelotte emerald mine, in South Africa’s Limpopo province, from ASX-listed Magnum Mining and Exploration. Through the acquisition,... →
Harmony expects interim earnings to rise between 20% and 40%
23rd February 2023 Ahead of the March 1 release of its results for the six months to December 31, 2022, gold miner Harmony Gold reports that its basic earnings will be between 20% to 40% higher year-on-year. Earnings a share are expected to be between R2.73 and R3.18. →
Gold Fields’ production exceeds guidance but its full-year profit falls
23rd February 2023 JSE- and NYSE-listed gold miner Gold Fields produced 2.4-million ounces of gold for the year ended December 31 – a 3% year-on-year increase and exceeding guidance of between 2.31-million and 2.36-million ounces. In what interim CEO describes as an "eventful" year for the gold producer, its profit... →
Gold Fields interim CEO Martin Preece
Hummingbird receives further investment to bring Kouroussa online
22nd February 2023 Aim-listed gold explorer and developer Hummingbird Resources reports that a conditional $1.4-million has been invested into the company by certain existing institutional shareholders. This comes on the back of $15-million being invested into Hummingbird on February 7 by African investment company... →
Premier's Zulu lithium, tantalum project nears completion
22nd February 2023 Diversified miner and developer Premier African Minerals CEO George Roach reports that the company's Zimbabwe-based Zulu lithium and tantalum project is on track to produce spodumene concentrate before the end of the first quarter. “We are in the home stretch in terms of final plant assembly and... →
Shanta upgrades West Kenya’s Ramula resource estimate
22nd February 2023 East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer Shanta Gold has updated the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Ramula deposit at its West Kenya project, adding 39% more ounces. This updated resource estimate follows the successful completion of the company’s 2022 drilling programme... →
Haib exploration licence remains in limbo as court verdict postponed again
22nd February 2023 TSX-V-listed Deep-South Resources reports that the High Court of Namibia has postponed providing a verdict in the case to review the Namibian Mines and Energy Minister’s refusal to not renew the exploration and prospecting licence (EPL) for Deep-South’s Haib copper project. Deep-South wants to... →
Bushveld Electrolyte Company on track for first production
21st February 2023 Integrated primary vanadium producer and energy storage solutions provider Bushveld Minerals reports that its South African vanadium electrolyte factory – Bushveld Electrolyte Company (Belco) – is on track for completion before the end of the first half of the year. The Belco plant is currently... →
Gemfields has its eye on security measures following Cabo Delgado attacks
21st February 2023 Gemstone miner Gemfields, which has operations in Mozambique and Zambia, has reiterated the emphasis it places on operational personnel's safety in Mozambique following a series of insurgent attacks in the country, with a current hotspot in the Cabo Delgado province. It has been alleged that the... →
KCB expert recommends Kavango focus more on Karakubis project
20th February 2023 Mining consultancy Tulia Blueclay (TB) professional geologist David Catterall, who has been appointed to enhance Botswana-focussed metals exploration company Kavango Resources’ insight into its Karakubis copper project, recommends the company immediately focus its exploration efforts on this... →
Financial services group to focus on Africa by establishing a presence in South Africa
20th February 2023 With an abundance of untapped investment potential throughout Africa, financial services company Anolawave has established a presence in South Africa, co-founded by Lightcone Asset Management Limited, seasoned mining engineer Ralph Bagirathi and applied economist Dr Julian Naidoo. South... →
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