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        <description><![CDATA[The latest mining world news and project information from Africa. providing updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure will be highlighted]]></description>
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            <title>Ghana's 2026 artisanal gold output likely to surpass record 2025 level, Gold Board says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ghana's Gold Board bought up to 54 metric tons of gold from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the first half of 2026 and output from the sector is on track to match or surpass last year's record, the State entity's CEO said on Tuesday. The figures and prediction point to another strong year for Ghana's biggest export and foreign exchange earner, helping underpin dollar inflows and support an economy emerging from its worst financial crisis in decades.]]></description>
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            <title>Rio Tinto beats quarterly iron-ore sales estimates, flags rising diesel costs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner Rio Tinto posted better-than-expected second-quarter iron-ore sales on Wednesday, supported by strong operational performance, though it will need a stronger second half to meet its yearly targets.

The miner also said higher fuel costs stemming from the US-Israeli conflict with Iran had raised current costs and would continue to affect full-year results, while keeping its 2026 Pilbara iron-ore unit cash cost outlook unchanged.]]></description>
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            <category>IRON-ORE &amp; COPPER</category>
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            <title>NUM expresses strong disapproval of jobs cuts by De Beers in South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has strongly decried the plans announced by multinational diamond company De Beers and De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa (DBSSSA) to pause production at the Venetia mine, in Limpopo, for two years and to issue a Section 189A notice to employees. The NUM says this decision threatens the livelihoods of 1 134 permanent employees at the Ventia mine and a further 80 employees at DBSSSA.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
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            <title>Lithium Africa seeks to strengthen governance with director nominations</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mineral exploration company Lithium Africa has proposed the nomination of John Kanellitsas and Ernie Ortiz as directors, ahead of the company’s upcoming AGM to be held on August 21. The company has also announced that Robert Eckford will not stand for re-election at the AGM, while Tyron Breytenbach, who stepped down from the board on July 1, will continue to support Lithium Africa as a capital markets adviser.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>APPOINTMENTS</category>
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            <title>Tharisa reports project development progress, steady third-quarter production</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE- and LSE-listed mining, metals and innovation company Tharisa remains on track to meet its full-year production guidance, while development of its Tharisa underground project, in South Africa, and its joint venture Karo Platinum project, in Zimbabwe, is progressing. Tharisa produced 39 600 oz of platinum group metals (PGMs) at its Tharisa mine, in South Africa’s North West province, in the quarter ended June 30 – the third quarter of the company’s 2026 financial year. That compares with the 34 300 oz of PGMs produced in the second quarter of the financial year.]]></description>
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            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS &amp; CHROME</category>
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            <title>Transnet board's term extended by six months</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has extended the term of State-owned Transnet's board of directors by six months to January 11, 2027, or until the appointment process for the new board is finalised, whichever occurs first. The board's terms had previously been due to end on July 12.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>PORTS &amp; RAIL</category>
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            <title>Mintek targeting global flotation research recognition, PGM Industry Day hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s national mineral research organisation Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher, the State-owned organisation emphasised at its recent platinum group metals (PGM) event. Mintek’s flotation group is viewed as being well positioned to expand its impact through several strategic opportunities, which range from sustainable mining to industrial support and the circular economy.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Northam reports solid full-year production, sales performance </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Northam Platinum reports that each of its operations delivered a solid performance for the financial year ended June 30, while project development continues apace. Key production metrics exceeded guidance.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Congo's planned mining law reform could dent investor confidence, industry warns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of Congo's main mining industry body has warned that proposed changes to mining laws aimed at tightening state control could dent investor confidence in the world's top cobalt producer, a document seen by Reuters on Monday shows. Congo, the world's second-largest copper supplier, is also a major source of gold, tantalum and germanium, and hosts some of the mining industry's biggest companies, including China's CMOC, Huayou Cobalt and Zijin, Switzerland-based Glencore and Canada's Barrick Mining.]]></description>
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            <title>ZCCM-IH appoints UK-based corporate advisory partners to improve listing optimisation process</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Zambian mining and investment company ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) has appointed London-based corporate advisory company Bowsprit Partners as its financial advisor and corporate broker in the UK, with immediate effect. The company has also appointed London-based stockbroking company Stockbrokers Zambia as its financial advisor on the listing optimisation process in respect of the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) in Zambia.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>APPOINTMENTS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Shuka completed eighth drill hole in Zambia </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dual-listed Shuka Minerals has successfully completed the eighth drill hole, KBDD08, in the previously unmined Speaks and Mine Club zones at the Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia. The company and its consultants GeoQuest planned these exploration holes to intersect a different, previously unexploited orebody in the Speaks and Mine Club areas about 1 km northwest from the Pit 2 area where it has been focussing its studies to date.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Raubex advances process to decide on options for its shareholding in Bauba Resources</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Raubex has advised shareholders that, further to its announcement on June 1, the company has advanced the process relating to the evaluation of strategic options for its investment in diversified mining and exploration company Bauba Resources. Raubex, in a trading statement, says the extent of any potential transaction, which may include the disposal of a partial or full interest in Bauba Resources, remains subject to ongoing discussions and the outcome of this process.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Tusker’s Cameroon project shows significant rutile reserves</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Tusker Minerals has announced a Joint Ore Reserve Committee (Jorc) exploration target of 2.1-billion to 2.6-billion tonnes at 2.1% to 2.3% total heavy minerals (THMs) for the Diwong South deposit within its Douala Basin project, in Cameroon, including indicative in-situ grades of 0.3% to 0.35% rutile and about 0.06% to 0.07% zircon. Based on the modelled mineral assemblage, the exploration target contains an estimated 48-million to 55-million tonnes of heavy minerals, including about seven-million to eight-million tonnes of rutile and 1.4-million to 1.7-million tonnes of zircon, establishing Diwong South as a major emerging rutile-bearing mineral sands system.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>RUTILE</category>
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            <title>Alphamin posts higher second-quarter Ebitda guidance, tin output remains on target</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V- and JSE-listed tin mining company Alphamin Resources expects to report a 6% quarter-on-quarter increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to $167-million for the second quarter. The higher expected Ebitda is on the back of a 5% quarter-on-quarter increase in the tin price, which average $51 957/t in the second quarter, compared with an average of $49 278/t in the first quarter of this year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed Ironveld, in an operational update on its dense media separation (DMS) plant in Limpopo, South Africa, has highlighted significant progress in production stability, product quality, offtake of finished product and the identification of potential new revenue streams. The DMS plant has now entered sustained production, operating continuously for 16 hours a day on a double shift basis.]]></description>
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            <title>Karowe delivers its tenth diamond of over 1 000 ct</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corp has recovered a 1 305.4 ct diamond from its Karowe mine, in Botswana, marking the tenth diamond weighing more than 1 000 ct to be recovered at the mine. "The recovery of our tenth diamond exceeding 1 000 ct is another extraordinary milestone for Karowe and further demonstrates the singular nature of this world-class orebody. No diamond mine in history has consistently produced diamonds of this magnitude, and Karowe continues to set itself apart on the global stage," comments Lucara president and CEO William Lamb.]]></description>
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            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
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            <title>Nedbank CIB underwrites mining credit facility for the Geita gold mine</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB) has structured and underwritten a $500-million credit facility for gold major AngloGold Ashanti's Geita gold mine, in Tanzania. In a media release, Nedbank explains that it is one of the largest facilities of its kind that the bank has underwritten to date in the mining sector. Nedbank CIB provided a fully underwritten solution, giving AngloGold Ashanti funding certainty ahead of a planned debt syndication process.]]></description>
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            <title>China June iron-ore imports at six-month high on robust shipments, resilient demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's iron-ore imports in June rose by 15% from the month before to a six-month high, as miners increased shipments to achieve quarterly guidance and as lower prices sparked more buying among steelmakers and traders.

The world's largest iron-ore consumer imported112.69-million tons of the key steelmaking ingredient last month, up 6.4% from the year before and the highest since December, data from the country's General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <title>Oil hits four-week high as US, Iran step up attacks in Strait of Hormuz</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices rose on Tuesday to their highest in four weeks, as the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iran and renewed attacks between Washington and Tehran heightened concerns over energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude futures were up $2.74, or 3.29%, at $86.04 a barrel at 07:51 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $2.21, or 2.83%, to $80.35 a barrel.]]></description>
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            <title>R964m to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals shaft</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/r964m-to-be-spent-at-sibanye-stillwaters-k4-platinum-group-metals-project-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Remaining project capital of R964-million of the total of R4.4-billion in real 2026 terms is to be spent this year and next on Sibanye-Stillwater’s K4 platinum group metals (PGMs) project at Marikana in South Africa’s North West province. The project is on track for steady-state production in 2033 and has a 48-year economic life, which bodes well for the community of the Rustenburg municipal area in particular. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>Precious metals prices drop amid resurfacing Middle East tensions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the latest hostilities in the US war with Iran, precious metals prices dropped across the board, with the gold price falling back below $4 100/oz and silver below $60/oz. In its latest ‘Precious Appraisal’, precious metals and technology company Heraeus Precious Metals notes that, along with this, oil rallied, with Brent Crude and the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) topping $80/bbl and $75/bbl, respectively, on July 8, prompting a resurfacing of fears that the conflict could have an impact on price stability and, ultimately, monetary policy.]]></description>
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            <title>EU announces restrictions on trading Sudanese gold</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU announced on Monday new sanctions against Sudan by targeting the country's gold trade, which it said was being used to finance the military conflict in the country. "The decision introduces a ban on the purchase, import or transfer of gold originating in Sudan. It also bans the sale, supply, transfer or export of mercury and cyanide to Sudan," said a statement by the Council of the EU.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Heavy-handed revenue enforcement a threat to Congo mining sector, warns president</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has ordered state revenue agencies to refrain from heavy-handed enforcement operations against mining companies, warning that excessive measures could dent investor confidence, cabinet minutes showed. Tshisekedi's order reflects efforts by Democratic Republic of Congo to generate more state revenue from its vast mineral wealth without spooking investors in the copper and cobalt sector - a pillar of the country's economy.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Congo taps Portugal’s Mota-Engil to revive copper rail link</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/congo-taps-portugals-mota-engil-to-revive-copper-rail-link-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved a plan to partner with Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil SGPS on rehabilitating a key railway used for transporting copper and cobalt. The Congolese part of the Lobito Corridor will undergo a “complete rehabilitation” through a public-private partnership endorsed by Congo’s government on July 10, according to minutes of a cabinet meeting read out the same day on state television. Mota-Engil is already part of a consortium that operates a connecting rail line in neighbouring Angola that runs to the Atlantic Ocean coast, allowing for cross-border continuity.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Elevate increases Marenica project ownership to 90%</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Elevate Uranium has entered into two separate agreements to acquire an extra 15% of Marenica Minerals, the owner of the Marenica uranium project, in Namibia, lifting its interest to 90% upon completion. These agreements, expected to complete before the end of the month, will consolidate the Elevate’s position in one of its two flagship Erongo province assets ahead of definitive results from the U-pgrade pilot plant programme.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Toubani secures financing for Mali project construction </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/toubani-secures-financing-for-mali-project-construction-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Toubani Resources has secured and finalised a $208-million (A$302-million) binding funding package comprising a $160-million (A$232-million) gold stream and a $48-million (A$70-million) equity financing to complete the construction of the Kobada gold mine, in southern Mali.   A term sheet for a senior secured facility of up to $40-million (A$58-million) is being progressed by the company, among other financing alternatives, to provide additional balance sheet strength and flexibility.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>De Beers to pause Venetia production amid portfolio, organisational changes</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/de-beers-to-pause-venetia-production-amid-portfolio-organisational-changes-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Diamond miner De Beers Group has, consistent with recent actions to improve business resilience, decided to pause production at its Venetia mine, in South Africa, for two years to reduce costs while also rephasing capital expenditure on the Venetia underground project. This will involve critical infrastructure investment to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the mine, with the intention to support future production growth as business and industry conditions improve.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Transforming Africa to capitalise on critical minerals requires dramatic strategy shift</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/strategy-shift-required-for-africa-to-capitalise-on-critical-minerals-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The world is entering a new industrial era, built for critical minerals, and this presents an opportunity for Africa to transform its economies, if that transformation is undertaken strategically. This was highlighted by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) deputy executive secretary and chief economist Hanan Morsy, speaking at the Ministerial Forum on Critical Minerals, Value Chain and Beneficiation on July 10, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Namibia secures China deals on infrastructure, mining and energy with state visit</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/namibia-secures-china-deals-on-infrastructure-mining-and-energy-with-state-visit-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah has been on a seven-day visit to China since Sunday, seeking investment from the world's top lender and second-largest economy to help implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>INVESTMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China expands strategic mineral toolkit with new investment firm</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/china-expands-strategic-mineral-toolkit-with-new-investment-firm-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A new, Beijing-backed mining investment vehicle is aimed at bolstering China’s grip on overseas resources, as the country pushes back against US and European efforts to curb its dominance of the mineral supply chain.

Chinese companies have been aggressive buyers and builders of overseas mining assets for more than a decade, with a few champions leading the way. At a time when Western rivals were under shareholder pressure to cut spending, firms from the world’s top metals consumer expanded in Congo’s copper and cobalt production, took stakes in key iron-ore projects and transformed Indonesia’s nickel industry.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has highlighted that South Africa and the European Union (EU) are holding the first government-to-government dialogue at senior level to advance the implementation of the Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP). This partnership aims to reinforce clean and resilient supply chains, support local strategic industries and accelerate investments in green hydrogen and critical raw materials.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining permit to state-owned miner SOPAMIB for the Bouboulou gold project, according to a statement, advancing the military-led government's push for greater state control of the mining sector. Military-led governments across the Sahel and in neighbouring Guinea have increasingly favoured state-owned mining companies as they seek larger returns from their mineral wealth.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has successfully completed the sixth and seventh drill holes, KBDD06 and KBDD07, in the previously unmined Speaks and Mine Club zones at its Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia. The company and consultants, GeoQuest, planned these exploration holes to intersect a different, previously unexploited orebody in the Speaks and Mine Club areas.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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