Cariboo gold project, Canada

Osisko Development has advised of its subsidiary Barkerville Gold Mines’ entering into a participation agreement with Williams Lake First Nation to jointly develop the Cariboo gold project. 

Prieska copper/zinc project, South Africa – update

Orion Minerals has said that it has received “highly encouraging” initial assay results from an in-fill drilling programme designed to upgrade the existing shallow inferred resource in the +105... 

More resilient infrastructure needed to protect water quality

Consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting partner and principal environmental scientist Manda Hinsch says the quality of drinking water declines when infrastructure is vulnerable to... 

Coburn mineral sands project, Australia – update

Strandline Resources’ Coburn mineral sands project has facilitated the start of openpit mine development two months ahead of schedule. 

Kamoa-Kakula copper project, Democratic Republic of Congo – update

The Phase 1 and 2 concentrator plants at the Kamoa-Kakula mine have surpassed their 7.6-million-tonne-a-year throughput design capacity for the third consecutive month. 

Nimba iron-ore project, Guinea – update

The Nimba Development Company has started with a preliminary technical information exchange process with the government of Guinea. 

Prieska copper/zinc project, South Africa – update

On June 29, Orion Minerals announced a capital raise to fund the company’s Prieska copper/zinc mine. 

Infrastructure rebuilding good test for sector

The rebuilding of damaged infrastructure, in KwaZulu-Natal, after the devastating floods, will be a good test for the consulting engineering sector’s capacity to supplement skills shortages, says...