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Companies enter joint development agreement for Mpumalanga gas project
13th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

ASX-listed Kinetiko Energy (and its subsidiary, Afro Energy) and South African industrial heating fuel supplier FFS Refiners have entered into a binding joint development agreement (JDA) for a... 


Thor Explorations president and CEO Segun Lawson
Thor Explorations reports continued positive drilling results from Côte d’Ivoire project
13th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has completed 4 604 m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling during a maiden drilling campaign at its 100%-owned Guitry gold project, in Côte d’Ivoire, with... 


Altona undertakes fundraise to repay debt
13th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has raised a further £600 000 through the transfer and subsequent exercise of 40-million warrants, with the net proceeds to be used to repay outstanding debt of... 


Legacy Minerals CEO and MD Christopher Byrne
Rio Tinto takes earn-in option on Legacy's Thomson copper project
13th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Legacy Minerals Holdings on Monday announced an option and farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, giving the major the right to earn... 


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Pensana, local partner complete initial drilling programme of Coola carbonatite in Angola
10th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Pensana has completed an initial drilling programme on the Coola carbonatite, located about 30 km north of the company’s flagship Longonjo rare earth project in central Angola.... 


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BCCEI registration mandatory for civil work on mines
10th October 2025

Companies with loading and hauling capabilities are increasingly offering contractor services to opencast mining operations, creating new opportunities and revenue streams. The Bargaining Council... 


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Junior aims for midtier status
10th October 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Through diversifying its portfolio and advancing exploration projects, West Africa-focused gold producer Thor Explorations is transitioning from a single-mine junior producer towards its goal of... 


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Producer targets organic growth in stable region
10th October 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Through leveraging West Africa’s significant exploration potential, favourable mining regimes and administrative efficiency, gold producer Endeavour Mining is targeting growing organically to... 


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The honey badger was chosen because “no creature better embodies the qualities that define mining and industry: toughness, resilience, adaptability and innovation in the face of challenge – the honey badger never backs down, and neither does the mining and industrial sector”.
Things to look out for at Electra Mining Africa 2026
10th October 2025 By: Nadine James

Biennial tradeshow Electra Mining Africa 2026 will introduce a host of new features, including a brand new Orange Zone area that will be situated in the Arena at the Expo Centre, more theme days,... 


An image of Fortuna’s Séguéla mine
Producer aims for projects to lift production
10th October 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

As part of its strategic objective to reach 500 000 oz/y of gold production, precious metals mining company Fortuna Mining is advancing the Diamba Sud gold project toward a construction decision... 


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Valterra Platinum already exploring Mogalakwena’s underground potential
10th October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

In the wake of separating its assets from former parent company Anglo American, platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Valterra Platinum is setting the stage to further develop one of its most... 


Geotechnical services provider keen to exhibit at Electra Mining 2026
10th October 2025

With more than three decades of experience, geotechnical services provider GeoGroup has established itself as “a trusted name in the field of geotechnical investigations and exploration solutions”.... 


LOCATION MAP OF THE QUEENSWAY GOLD PROJECT
Queensway gold project, Canada
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A preliminary economic assessment has outlined a mining operation with a 15-year life-of-mine with a total gold production of 1.5-million ounces. 


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Valterra Platinum already exploring Mogalakwena’s underground potential
10th October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

In the wake of separating its assets from former parent company Anglo American, platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Valterra Platinum is setting the stage to further develop one of its most... 


In preparation for the heat-up of Kamoa-Kakula’s state-of-the-art, 500,000-tonne-per-annum, direct-to-blister copper smelter, an operator oversees a training exercise on the slag cleaning furnace blister ladles.
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Smelter startup is scheduled to start in early November. 


Aerial view of the Platreef Mine site, with Shafts #1, #2 and #3 (centre), the run of mine surface stockpiles (top left) and the dry stack tailings facility (top right).
Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa – update
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Phase 1 operations at the Platreef mine are expected to start shortly. 


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TGME underground gold mining project, South Africa – update
10th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Theta Gold Mines has secured commitments totalling A$51.4-million in debt and equity to advance the project. 


Gold dominates latest round of WA exploration cofunding grant
Gold dominates latest round of WA exploration cofunding grant
9th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Western Australia’s long-running Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) is set to inject fresh momentum into the search for new mineral deposits, with the Cook government awarding A$6.6-million in... 


Mining’s hidden bottleneck goes digital as CorePlan puts spotlight on earthworks at IMARC
9th October 2025

Mining’s most expensive delays often come from its least visible stage: earthworks. Before a rig even turns, programs slip off track. Contractors run in silos. Costs vanish into spreadsheets. By... 


Corazon secures option to acquire 80% of Feather Cap gold project
8th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Corazon Mining has entered into a binding heads of agreement with RBH Mining to secure an exclusive 12-month option to acquire an 80% interest in the Feather Cap gold project in Western... 


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Epiroc secures large order for mining equipment, digital solutions in Ghana
8th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mining and infrastructure industries productivity and sustainability partner Epiroc has won a large order for mining equipment and digital solutions from Asante Gold for a gold mine in Ghana.... 


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Amaroq reports progress at Nalunaq gold mine, completion of 2025 exploration programme
7th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mining development company Amaroq’s Nalunaq gold mine, in southern Greenland, is now operational at significant capacity, with plant commissioning largely complete and production running in line... 


IMARC pitch: World-class potential in copper play, says Blackstone MD
7th October 2025

By: Richard Roberts - Editorial Director, Beacon Events The start of drilling at Blackstone Minerals’ intriguing major copper-gold play on Luzon in the Philippines will give managing director Scott... 


Pacgold to acquire South Australia’s White Dam gold operation, marking shift toward near-term production
6th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Pacgold has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the White Dam gold operation, in South Australia, from ASX-listed GBM Resources, in a transaction that will see the... 


In mining, sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand
3rd October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Increasing the sustainability of mining operations does not mean reducing their profitability. This was the key message from Hexagon Mining senior business development manager Reece Hanning, who... 


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Fourmile gold project, US
3rd October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Barrick Mining Corporation has confirmed Fourmile's potential to become one of the world’s leading gold producers. 


Location map of the Nyamzaga project
Nyanzaga gold project, Tanzania – update
3rd October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Perseus Mining continues to make good progress. 


Graphite tailings from the Oron-Cross project
Orom-Cross graphite project, Uganda – update
3rd October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A Stage 7 drilling programme has confirmed significant extensions of high-grade graphite at the Camp Lode and Northern Syncline deposits. 


Imge of construction under way at the Pallas project
Pallas research reactor, Netherlands – update
3rd October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The construction of the reactor was officially launched on September 30. 


Kincora appoints strategic advisers
2nd October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold/copper explorer Kincora Copper has bolstered its leadership with the appointment of veteran geologist Brent Cook and mining executive Laurie Thomas as strategic advisers, as the ASX- and... 


Collective Mining raises $100m to fund Colombian exploration push
2nd October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Collective Mining, a Canadian explorer founded by the team that built and sold Continental Gold to Zijin Mining for about $2-billion, has raised C$100-million to accelerate drilling at its... 


DMPR Minister Gwede Mantashe
New window for Junior Mining Exploration Fund opens
30th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following the success of the first window for the Junior Mining Exploration Fund (JMEF), the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR), the Council for Geoscience (CGS) and the... 


Cornish Metals posts updated South Crofty PEA
30th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian explorer Cornish Metals has completed an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its South Crofty tin project, in Cornwall, UK, confirming robust economics for what could become... 


Closing the theory and practice gap in geometallurgy
30th September 2025

By: Prof. Glen Nwaila - Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School, Geosciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Director of the African Research Centre in Ore Systems Science (CORES) (Virtual... 


Japan Gold sinks 44% as Barrick exits exploration alliance
Japan Gold sinks 44% as Barrick exits exploration alliance
30th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Shares of Japan Gold plunged 44% on Monday after the Vancouver-based explorer said Barrick Mining would walk away from their five-year strategic alliance in Japan. The partnership, struck in 2020... 


Interior Secretary Doug Burgum
Trump administration to expand coal leasing, fund coal plant upgrades
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

The Trump administration will expand coal mine leasing on federal lands and provide hundreds of millions of dollars to support more coal-fired power generation, officials said on Monday. The plan... 


Contango raises $50m to advance Lucky Shot and Johnson Tract projects
Contango raises $50m to advance Lucky Shot and Johnson Tract projects
29th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-focused Contango ORE has closed a $50-million public offering to fund work at its Lucky Shot and Johnson Tract projects in Alaska. The offering comprised 1.98-million common shares priced at... 


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Aldoro confirms Namibian project as elite rare earth resource by global standards
26th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported an increase in the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 85%-owned Kameelburg rare earths project, in Namibia, by 85% to 520-million tonnes of inferred... 


An image of solar panels at the Zimplats operation
Embedded ESG strategies unlock tangible results
26th September 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in a comprehensive business framework has enabled platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) to... 


Aerial view of the LHWP
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
26th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Phase II of the LHWP is advancing after earlier delays. 


Aerial view of the Kamoa-Kakula project
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
26th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Stage 2 dewatering of the Kakula mine has started on schedule.  


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Tomingley Gold Operations, Australia
26th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine in central west New South Wales, in Australia.  


Location map of the Blackwater gold project
Blackwater gold project, Canada – update
26th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Major mechanical equipment for Phase 1A has been ordered. 


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