Exploration

TotalEnergies Exploration and Production (EP) South Africa (SA) has called on government to streamline regulations and address the appeal-related delays that the company says continue to constrain... 

For a country with a top-ten mineral reserve status, South Africa’s mining sector should not be shrinking. This economically negative trend simply has to be reversed. Fortunately, already in place... 

Three months is all it took for TotalEnergies to move from discovering oil at Acacia-5 on Angola’s Block 17 to putting the discovery into production, chairperson and CEO Patrick Pouyanné told... 

Gold and exploration company Namib Minerals’ subsidiary Bulawayo Mining Company has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Ecobank Zimbabwe for a proposed nondilutive $30-million, 36-month loan... 

The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the commitment in the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to fiscal sustainability and structural reforms aimed at lifting South Africa’s... 

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched its Investment and Growth Strategy to attract further investments in exploration, new mines and existing operations, and thereby grow the sector,... 

Vancouver-based private gold and strategic metals exploration company Aquitaine Metals has completed a nonbrokered strategic private placement with Kinross Gold Corporation and Latin American miner... 

By President of Junior Mining Council Fred Arendse On 12 September 2023, a significant new chapter was written in South Africa’s mining industry at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). 

Dual-listed Botswana Minerals says that while its AI-assisted exploration programme across its north-west (Ngamiland) Botswana licences continues to identify significant opportunities, it is moving... 

Martin Creamer talks about CSIR digital rock-sounding technology; the launch of Government-Business Partnership for Growth and Jobs and the future of South Africa’s minerals industry. 

Specialised drilling services company Master Drilling has posted strong results for the six months ended June 30, with group revenue having increased by 17% year-on-year to $155.8-million and... 

For mining firms in Zambia, priorities for next week’s elections include stronger incentives for processing minerals, reviving exploration and expanding power generation, measures they say are... 

Aim-listed Lexington Gold has engaged independent South African geological consultancy Shango Solutions to undertake historical data capture, database establishment, 3D geological modelling and... 

Aim-listed Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-driven review of legacy geological records identified primary copper sulphide and altered copper minerals in historical drill cores from holes... 

By Fred Arendse, President of Junior Mining Council The central question posed during a panel discussion at the 2026 Junior Indaba was both simple and significant: How do we create an enabling... 

A strong and vibrant exploration system is essential to the future of the mining sector, and to advancing transformation, inclusion, and long-term growth in South Africa. In spelling this out at... 

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,... 

While Zambia’s mining sector is becoming significantly more active, with an expanding project pipeline and improved turnaround at existing operations, exploration activity must accelerate... 

Martin Creamer talks about N Cape investment, BHP workshops and Namibia's green hydrogen breakthrough.