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            <description><![CDATA[The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on June 3 during the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR's) National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Budget Vote 34. The migration from the old system to the new platform has been completed in the Western Cape, and the implementation is now progressing to other regions, Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe reported.]]></description>
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            <title>Sherritt appoints finance veteran interim CFO to steer through Cuba challenges</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Having warned shareholders of acute financial, legal and operational challenges ahead owing to US sanctions in Cuba last month, TSX-listed Sherritt International Corporation has appointed Fitzroy Richardson as interim CFO effective immediately. The company explains Richardson’s appointment will provide experienced financial leadership as the corporation works to complete its outstanding quarterly filings, an important step toward seeking a revocation of a failure-to-file cease trade order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission on May 21.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>NICKEL &amp; COBALT</category>
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            <title>Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals, SFA (Oxford) points out</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop pointed out on Wednesday June 3. Questioned by Mining Weekly on the prospect of platinum investment demand remaining strong, De Hoop noted that up to half of some of the ruthenium imports into China had been for investment purposes rather than industrial demand.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Emerging miner American Lithium welcomes Peru's national importance decree for uranium, lithium </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed American Lithium Corporation has welcomed the Peruvian government's issuance of a Supreme Decree formally declaring the national importance of both uranium and lithium, while declaring an upcoming international forum of national importance.   The inaugural forum, called 'Uranium and Lithium: Pillars of energy leadership for mining, technological and smart city development in Peru and the world', is being co-organised by Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, and is scheduled for July 7 and 8.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>URANIUM &amp; LITHIUM</category>
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            <title>South Africa can become strong value-add minerals player again, PyroFuZA points out</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Look out for PyroFuZA. Those eight letters have the potential to make best use of South Africa’s natural resources and restore South Africa’s value-adding power, which, in turn, can help to foot the bill for the innovative rebuilding of this country’s economy. PyroFuZA spells out that it's possible for South Africa to put its own distinctive correct measures in place that will enable this country to, once again, become a strong player within the value-add ecosystem, amid different measures being applied at different stages of advancement so that long-term momentum is assured. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>Aura Energy confirms 'clear run' to FID by year-end for Tiris uranium mine</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX- and Aim-listed uranium developer Aura Energy is nearing a final investment decision (FID) on the Tiris project, in Mauritania, underpinned by a robust processing flowsheet, positive indicative economics and a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) that strengthens the funding pathway. The group expects to make an announcement on the Tiris project by year-end, following a bankable feasibility study (BFS) that is due in September.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Soweto Cluster gold study on way as Pan African hits gold production top spot</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/soweto-cluster-gold-study-on-way-as-pan-african-hits-gold-production-top-spot-2026-06-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Soweto Cluster definitive feasibility study (DFS) is on track for completion this month, Pan African Resources reported on Monday, June 1 in an operational update ahead of its financial year ending June 30 to highlight its 40% increase in annual gold production to 275 000 oz. The option to construct a new 600 000-t-a-month tailings processing facility next to the London- and Johannesburg-listed company’s thriving Mogale Tailings Retreatment (MTR) surface gold operations west of Johannesburg, is the focus of the Soweto Cluster DFS.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
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            <title>Rio Tinto commissions low-carbon aluminium smelter expansion in Québec</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-tinto-commissions-low-carbon-aluminium-smelter-expansion-in-qubec-2026-06-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Global metals miner Rio Tinto has successfully commissioned its $1.5-billion AP60 smelter expansion at the Complexe Arvida operation, in Québec, marking a major milestone for the deployment of low-carbon aluminium smelting technology. The startup, which began in March, is expected to be completed by the end of 2026 with all 96 new pots operating. This will increase the plant’s production capacity by about 160 000 t/y of primary aluminium for a total of 220 000 t/y produced with the AP60 technology.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Roodepoort-born Roodepoort gold miner talks to Mining Weekly</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[He was born in Roodepoort but never imagined that one day he would be mining gold in Roodepoort, now the site of Qala Shallows, the first new underground gold mine to be built in South Africa in 15 years. He was convinced all the gold had been mined out. But that was the furthest thing from the truth.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Mining's economic edge, mineral rights, copper make headlines </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer notes that the Minerals Council AGM heard this week that mining can elevate South Africa’s economic development; he also discusses the urgent need for a one-stop shop for mineral right applications; and he talks about the R180-million that has been raised to transition key copper projects in the Northern Cape into operations.  ]]></description>
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            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/illegal-miners-extract-billions-in-amazon-gold-despite-brazil-crackdown-greenpeace-finds-2026-05-29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a study by nonprofit watchdog Greenpeace found, despite efforts by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to crack down on wildcat mining.

Lula pledged upon taking office in 2023 to eliminate illegal gold mining from Indigenous lands and protected areas after years of expansion encouraged by far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro. Last year, Brazil's Federal Police seized a record 447 kg (985 pounds) of illegally mined gold.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cadastre must be rolled out ‘effectively, rapidly, transparently’ – Minerals Council</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/cadastre-must-be-rolled-out-effectively-rapidly-transparently-minerals-council-2026-05-28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The mining cadastre under development by South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) must be rolled out “effectively, rapidly and transparently”. That was the emphatic response of Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne to Mining Weekly during question time at this week’s 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa, which represents more than 90% of annual mineral sales for South Africa’s 470 000-employee mining industry, which in 2025 contributed R477-billion to GDP, exported R816-billion worth of minerals, and generated R124-billion in taxes for the fiscus.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Copper braces for another round of US tariff roulette, Reuters says </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Another round of tariff impacts are in store for copper, a Reuters columnist reports, as the deadline for a US decision on whether to impose tariffs on refined copper imports looms at the end of June.

The market reaction is a widening in the arbitrage between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME's) US duty-paid copper contract and the London Metal Exchange's (LME) international price.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Mining can unlock growth, skills, job creation, Minerals Council AGM hears</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mining-can-unlock-growth-skills-job-creation-minerals-council-agm-hears-2026-05-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With disciplined policy reform, modernisation and partnerships, mining can elevate South Africa’s economic development, industrial capability and social progress. “We can unlock growth, skills and job creation, restore competitiveness, and secure a sustainable future for our industry and our country and demonstrate why mining matters,” Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised at the 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday, May 27.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Urgent need for one-stop mineral rights shop, Minerals Council points out</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There is an urgent need for a one-stop shop for mineral right applications to coordinate and align all relevant regulations from other departments, to streamline and expedite approval processes. This was pointed out explicitly at the 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday, May 27.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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