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The Donlin Gold project in Alaska
Barrick exits Donlin Gold in $1.1bn deal with Paulson and NOVAGOLD
Updated 1 hour 55 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Wednesday announced a deal to divest its 50% stake in the Donlin Gold project in Alaska for up to $1.1-billion, marking an exit from the asset while strengthening its... 


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Traka enters into 75% earn-in agreement in Guinea
Updated 2 hours 51 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Traka Resources has signed an exclusive agreement with Guinea-based Alamako Corporation International to earn a 75% interest in the Didi gold project, which is highly prospective for... 


Gold trinkets
Rand Refinery deepens support to prior mentees in mentorship programme
Updated 2 hours 53 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Gold and silver refiner Rand Refinery has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive growth and enterprise development in the local jewellery sector, as its Silver and Gold Mentorship Programme enters... 


RareX, Iluka establish consortium to develop project in Kenya
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed RareX has entered into a consortium agreement with Australian miner Iluka Resources to apply for the Mrima Hill rare earth/niobium/phosphate/manganese project licence, in Kenya. RareX... 


Deep Yellow reiterates impact of poor uranium prices
Updated 3 hours ago By: Darren Parker

Uranium developer and producer Deep Yellow has, in its latest quarterly activities report, published on April 22, reiterated that it has deferred a final investment decision on its Tumas project,... 


Akora’s main exploration tenement in Madagascar renewed
Updated 3 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Akora Resources has received formal documentation from the Bureau du Cadastre Minier de Madagascar confirming the renewal of its main exploration tenement, PR10430, at its flagship... 


Kavango secures $5m from Zimbabwe pension funds
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Kavango Resources has issued a $5-million convertible loan note facility to a consortium of Zimbabwe-registered pension funds. The company notes that the facility is interest free and... 


Nornickel maintains 2025 nickel production forecast
Nornickel maintains 2025 nickel production forecast
Updated 3 hours ago By: Reuters

Russia's Nornickel, one of the world's largest producers of nickel and the largest producer of palladium, on Monday maintained its nickel production outlook for 2025 at 204 000 to 211 000 metric... 


An image showing a map of the Minim Martap project
Canyon continues to progress Cameroon project towards production
Updated 3 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Canyon Resources’ March quarterly activities report shows progress on key activities at the Minim Martap bauxite project, in Cameroon. The company started the evaluation of a two-stage... 


The Khoemacau project
Perenti to exit Khoemacau copper mine in Botswana
Updated 5 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian mining services group Perenti said on Tuesday that it would conclude its involvement at MMG’s Khoemacau copper mine, in Botswana, at the end of June. The company’s underground mining... 


QRC CEO Janette Hewson
Qld mining execs see confidence dip
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Queensland’s resources sector is facing a slump in executive confidence as rising costs and regulatory burdens cloud the outlook, the state’s industry body said Tuesday. According to the... 


Former US Senator appointed to Ramaco board
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Metallurgical coal and critical minerals producer Ramaco Resources has announced the appointment of former US Senator Joseph Manchin III to its board as an independent member. Manchin brings... 


US investor Cameron offers $5bn for Kazakh mining giant, ERG says no sale talks
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

US businessman James Cameron has offered to buy mining giant Eurasian Resources Group for $5-billion, a letter he sent to its board showed, as the company prepares to participate in a major... 


Jindalee welcomes US backing as McDermitt named FAST-41 project
22nd April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Jindalee Resources has welcomed the inclusion of its McDermitt lithium project in Oregon among the first ten mining initiatives selected by the US government for accelerated... 


Chinese nationals detained for alleged trespass at Lindian rare earths project in Malawi
Chinese nationals detained for alleged trespass at Lindian rare earths project in Malawi
22nd April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-based Lindian Resources said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were among a group of individuals detained by authorities for allegedly trespassing and attempting to collect geological... 


Anil Agarwal
Metals billionaire Agarwal seeks mining reboot amid debt overhaul, Saudi push
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is inching closer to finishing a long-planned breakup of his metals-to-energy conglomerate Vedanta, a move aimed at trimming the group’s $11-billion debt pile and... 


The Cangrejos camp in Ecuador
CMOC to acquire Lumina Gold in C$581m all-cash deal
22nd April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Chinese mining company CMOC Group has agreed to acquire Canada's Lumina Gold in an all-cash deal valued at C$581-million.  The transaction, announced on Monday, will mark a step forward for the... 


Gold surges to record as Trump ramps up threats on Fed’s Powell
Gold surges to record as Trump ramps up threats on Fed’s Powell
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to an all-time-high, after concern that President Donald Trump could fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell triggered a flight from US stocks, bonds and the dollar. Bullion climbed as... 


US rare earth miner MP Materials halts exports to China
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A US producer of rare earth metals stopped shipments to China after Beijing placed export controls on similar materials crucial for defense and technology manufacturing. MP Materials, which... 


China's export controls are curbing critical mineral shipments to the world
22nd April 2025 By: Reuters

China's export controls on three metals important across the defence and chip sectors are keeping shipments at historically low levels despite high prices worldwide as Beijing flexes its control... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump Administration fast-tracks 10 mining projects in critical minerals push
22nd April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Trump administration has moved to expedite permitting for ten mining projects across the US as part of a broader effort to boost domestic production of critical minerals and reduce reliance on... 


Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans
Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans
22nd April 2025 By: Reuters

The Trump administration has said it would approve a land swap needed for Rio Tinto and BHP to build one of the world's largest copper mines, despite concerns from Native Americans that it would... 


Magazine round up | 18 April 2025
Magazine round up | 18 April 2025
18th April 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  


Copper cathode produced in the DRC
Trump supporter Prince reaches deal with Congo to help secure mineral wealth
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, according to two sources close to the private security executive, a... 


Congo tin miner Alphamin says production restarts after rebels withdraw
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Alphamin Resources said it restarted tin production at its Bisie mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after rebels withdrew from a nearby town of Walikale. The miner said in a... 


An image of raw copper in Zambia
Zambia’s Kashime copper mine approved to start operations
17th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Kashime copper mine project, located in the Upper Lusemfwa area of Mkushi district in Zambia, has received authorisation to start mining operations. The project is primarily being developed by... 


In the back, from left to right: De Beers product planning and delivery senior VP James Kirby; Raizcorp CEO Allon Raiz

In the front, from left to right: Axel & Co. CEO Axolisiwe Mbontsi;  House of Lemba Designs CEO Bernice Dickson; Elegânté founder and MD Noxolo Mseleku; and Shine Jewellery & Accessories CEO Johannes Matthews
De Beers, Raizcorp welcome new cohort to Enterprise Development Project for Diamond Beneficiators
17th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

De Beers Group, in partnership with business incubation company Raizcorp, has launched the third intake of the Enterprise Development Project for Diamond Beneficiators, aimed at supporting and... 


First shipment of concentrate from Image’s Atlas project sets sail
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Perth-based junior Image Resources on Thursday announced the first sale and shipment of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) from the Atlas mineral sands mine, in Western Australia. The nominal 10... 


Kookaburra graphite project included in critical minerals prospectus
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Kookaburra graphite project (KGP), located on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade. The... 


Bougouni lithium project mining licence transfer completed
17th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Foulaboula exploitation permit, or mining licence, has been approved for transfer from Future Minerals to London-listed Kodal Mining UK's subsidiary Les Mines de Lithium de Bougouni (LMLB). The... 


Euro Sun CEO Grant Sboros (left) with Euro Sun GM Dr Sorin Halga.
South African resolve helping to turn copper/gold deposit to account in Romania
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way of turning one of Europe’s large copper/gold... 


Fortescue charters green-ammonia-powered vessel in push to decarbonise shipping
Fortescue charters green-ammonia-powered vessel in push to decarbonise shipping
17th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Iron-ore major Fortescue has signed an agreement with Bocimar, part of Belgium’s CMB.TECH, to charter a new ammonia-powered vessel. The 210 000 dry weight tonnage (dwt) Newcastlemax vessel is... 


An image of Lexington Gold exploration
Lexington raises £530 000 to progress project activities
17th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Lexington Gold, with projects in South Africa and the US, has raised, in aggregate, gross proceeds of £530 000 through the issue of 15.6-million new common shares to new and existing... 


Turkish nickel bull plans $2bn M&A spree to rival China
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Turkish billionaire Robert Yuksel Yildirim is on a $2-billion hunt for nickel mines, betting that the battery metal’s price will rebound and that the West will want those supplies to cut its... 


Asian coal prices fall to fresh four-year low on trade war fears
Asian coal prices fall to fresh four-year low on trade war fears
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Asia’s coal price benchmark fell to a four-year low as trade tensions threaten to sap demand, testing levels where miners shut more production. Australian Newcastle futures declined to $94.25 a... 


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Nigeria signs minerals pact with South Africa in diversification push
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Nigeria and South Africa have signed an accord to boost cooperation in mining, Nigeria's mines minister said on Thursday, highlighting Abuja's push to diversify its economy away from oil. Mines... 


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