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URU reports positive results from AEM survey at Zeb, concludes fundraise
Updated 7 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed URU Metals has reported positive results from the independent interpretation of its high-power SpectremPlus airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey over the Zeb nickel project, in... 


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Thor Explorations acquires full interest in Douta project, acquires Bousankhoba permit
8th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement with its Douta project joint venture (JV) partner International Mining Company (IMC) to acquire IMC’s entire... 


Arrow shifts into capital preservation mode as Guinea uncertainty drags on
Arrow shifts into capital preservation mode as Guinea uncertainty drags on
8th September 2025 By: Reuters

Australia-listed Arrow Minerals has suspended all project-based activities and cut corporate costs as uncertainty over the status of its exploration permits in Guinea continues to weigh on the... 


Finestar rough diamond cutting and polishing facility in Gauteng
Indian diamond polisher Finestar opens large-scale facility in Gauteng
8th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Indian rough diamond cutting and polishing company Finestar has expanded its operational footprint in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), unveiling its latest facility in the Gauteng... 


i-80 Gold secures permits, starts construction at Archimedes project in Nevada
i-80 Gold secures permits, starts construction at Archimedes project in Nevada
8th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-focused gold miner i-80 Gold said on Friday that it had received all required permits and that it had started construction at its Archimedes underground project on the Ruby Hill property in... 


Global Mining Leaders and Ministers to Convene in Sydney for IMARC 2025
Global Mining Leaders and Ministers to Convene in Sydney for IMARC 2025
8th September 2025

Ministers from five continents - including senior representatives from the governments of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Botswana, Sweden, Uganda and Timor-Leste - will join their Australian... 


Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Marimaca Copper said on Friday it had secured A$80-million through a brokered placement in Australia and select jurisdictions outside Canada, adding new institutional investors to... 


Kazatomprom seeking more ventures abroad, tripling exploration
Kazatomprom seeking more ventures abroad, tripling exploration
8th September 2025 By: Reuters

Kazatomprom, the world's largest uranium producer, announced on Friday plans to triple its exploration activities in Kazakhstan and explore international expansion opportunities, following recent... 


Prospect Resources MD Sam Hosack
Prospect rapidly advancing Zambian copper project
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Prospect Resources is positioning itself as a fast-moving copper developer in Zambia, with MD Sam Hosack telling the Africa Down Under conference on Friday that the company’s... 


Elemental Altus and EMX form new midtier royalty company
Elemental Altus and EMX form new midtier royalty company
5th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V Elemental Altus Royalties on Thursday announced the acquisition of NYSE-listed EMX Royalty, with the merged company to continue under the new name of Elemental Royalty. In support of the... 


Mining activity at Copper 360's operations in the Northern Cape
Copper 360 to undertake R1.15bn rights offer amid restructuring
5th September 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Northern Cape-focused copper mining company Copper 360 will undertake a rights offer of R1.15-billion, comprising new equity of R400-million and debt conversion of up to R750-million. This forms... 


Pan American Silver closes MAG Silver acquisition
5th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NYSE-listed Pan American Silver said on Thursday it had completed its acquisition of MAG Silver, adding a 44% stake in the Juanicipio silver mine in Mexico to its portfolio along with two... 


Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane has unveiled an ambitious dual-track strategy to help navigate diamond headwinds.
Dull diamond market brings Lesotho Prime Minister to Perth to help shine new rare earths jewel
5th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The global diamond market may be facing a challenging period, but the Kingdom of Lesotho is not sitting idle. In an address at the Africa Down Under conference, in Perth, Prime Minister Sam... 


Field reconnaissance by the geology team across the newly granted Merke licence area in the south of the Chu-Sarysu basin.
Ivanhoe Mines uncovers surface copper in Kazakhstan, eyes drilling campaign
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper and platinum group metals miner Ivanhoe Mines has reported the discovery of outcropping copper mineralisation in Kazakhstan’s Chu-Sarysu basin, one of the world’s largest and least-explored... 


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Miner undertakes smelter, solar expansion
5th September 2025 By: Lynne Davies

With the commissioning of a $360-million smelter expansion project and the first 35 MW phase of its $37-million solar PV power programme having been finalised, platinum mining company Zimplats has... 


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Serra Norte Complex, Brazil
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

An iron-ore mine in the state of Pará, in Brazil. 


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Serra Norte Complex, Brazil
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

An iron-ore mine in the municipality of Parauapebas, state of Pará, in Brazil. 


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Arrowsmith North silica sand project, Australia – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

VRX Silica has shifted its focus to finalising infrastructure solutions, binding offtake agreements and project finance, confirming its goal of first production next year. 


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Buena Vista iron project, US – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Magnum Mining and Exploration is revisiting its Buena Vista project after a new analysis highlighted its potential for rare-earth elements. 


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Kabanga nickel project, Tanzania – update
5th September 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Lifezone Metals has closed a bridge loan facility with Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2, enabling its wholly owned subsidiary Kabanga Nickel to advance early works and infrastructure development. 


Aussie juniors hail Côte d’Ivoire as 'premier' West African jurisdiction
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Côte d’Ivoire’s emergence as West Africa’s premier gold investment destination took centre stage on day two of the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, with several Australian companies... 


Gem Resources raises £2.12m to optimise Gravelotte, restart Curlew
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Gem Resources has raised £2.12-million, before expenses, to support production optimisation and cost reduction at its Gravelotte emerald mine, in South Africa, and to restart... 


Egypt's Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi addressing the African Down Under conference.
Egypt courts global miners as it seeks to lift mining’s GDP share sixfold
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Egypt is stepping up efforts to attract international miners as it targets raising the contribution of mining to the economy from less than 1% of GDP to as much as 6%, Petroleum and Mineral... 


Laura Tyler
Hudbay appoints Tyler to board
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed Hudbay Minerals has appointed former BHP chief technical officer, Laura Tyler, to its board of directors. "Laura’s extensive experience in the mining industry, deep technical knowledge... 


Minister David Michael
WA’s online mining approvals portal days away from launch
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Western Australia’s digital portal to streamline mining approvals will go live within days, Mines and Petroleum Minister David Michael confirmed at the Africa Down Under conference on Thursday.... 


Cora DFS confirms payback of 1.1 years at Sanankoro
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Cora Gold has reported that an updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) has confirmed a payback period of just 1.1 years, feeding into the strong economic potential of the company’s... 


Sandfire MD and CEO Brendan Harris
Sandfire hails Motheo success, highlights Botswana partnership
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Sandfire Resources MD and CEO Brendan Harris has described the company’s Motheo copper mine in Botswana as a “remarkable achievement”, crediting both the supportive investment... 


Deputy Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Phumzile Mgcina
Junior Exploration Fund starting to deliver results, says Mgcina
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

South Africa’s R400-million Junior Mining Exploration Fund (JMEF) is starting to bear fruit, with eight projects already supported under its first funding call, Deputy Mineral and Petroleum... 


Lualaba Governor to address DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum in September in Kolwezi
3rd September 2025

The organisers of the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum have confirmed that H.E. Fifi Masuka Saini, the Governor of Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will address the event that... 


Andrada CEO Anthony Viljoen
New mineralised pegmatites identified at Lithium Ridge – Andrada
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has begun exploration drilling at the Lithium Ridge project, in Namibia, in partnership with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) through its subsidiary SQM Australia.... 


ASP Isotopes chairperson and CEO Paul Mann
ASPI ships first samples of ytterbium-176, silicon-28
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has shipped the first samples of ytterbium-176 and silicon-28 to customers – a step the company describes as a major milestone that should allow it to... 


Sophie Proud says applications for BHP Xplor's 2026 cohort will open on Monday.
BHP opens its doors to outside ideas with Xplor accelerator
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP may be the world’s biggest miner, but it knows the next great mineral discoveries are more likely to come from outside its walls. This was the message from Sophie Proud, manager of the... 


Duane Parnham will be joining Dark Star's board of directors.
Critical One acquires 18.5% stake in Namibia-focused Dark Star
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

CSE-listed Critical One Energy, formerly Madison Metals, said on Tuesday it had acquired an 18.5% interest in fellow-listed Dark Star Minerals, underscoring its commitment to supporting the... 


Carawine takes full control of Big Bullocks tenement as Fraser Range JV ends
2nd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Carawine Resources has elected to acquire IGO's 76% interest in the Big Bullocks exploration licence (E39/1733) in Western Australia’s Fraser Range for a nominal sum of A$1, under the... 


IMARC 2025: Global Mining Leaders and Ministers to Convene in Sydney for IMARC 2025
2nd September 2025

Ministers from five continents - including senior representatives from the governments of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Botswana, Sweden, Uganda and Timor-Leste - will join their Australian... 


WA Environment Minister approves Arrowsmith North silica sands project
2nd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed VRX Silica has shifted its focus at the Arrowsmith North silica project to finalising infrastructure solutions, binding offtake agreements and project finance, MD Bruce Maluish said on... 


Parker’s standout feature is the 4 km-long Red Breccia Zone, a haematite-magnetite mega-breccia over 100 m wide, typical of iron oxide copper-gold systems.
Magnum refocuses US projects on rare earths and critical minerals
2nd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Magnum Mining and Exploration has sharpened its focus on the growing US market for critical minerals, launching a comprehensive review of its American assets following a board... 


The Sishen iron-ore mine
Africa must unite or lose leverage in global resource power play, warns BloombergNEF
1st September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mineral security has become national security and whoever controls the resources has a lot of leverage, BloombergNEF metals and mining head Kwasi Ampofo has said. “But do African governments know... 


Dateline raises A$25m for California gold and REE project
1st September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Dateline Resources secured A$25-million from institutional investors to fund exploration at its Colosseum gold and rare earth project in California, boosting the company’s cash reserves... 


Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
1st September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper and gold miner Imperial Metals has secured a permit amendment from British Columbia authorities that will allow the company to extend mining activities at its Mount Polley operation. The... 


Sayona reports record output but $382m loss as lithium prices weigh on earnings
Sayona reports record output but $382m loss as lithium prices weigh on earnings
29th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Sayona Mining has posted record production and sales from its North American Lithium (NAL) operations, but still recorded a $382 million full-year loss as lower prices and asset... 


Luca expands land package with concession purchase near Mexican mine
29th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian miner Luca Mining has struck a deal with Fresnillo to acquire a mining concession that directly surrounds its Tahuehueto mine in Durango, Mexico. The Vancouver-headquartered company said... 


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Southern Africa sits on swathes of critical mineral reserves, report spotlighting regional case studies reveals
29th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

A new report launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights the urgent need to unlock investment in Southern Africa’s critical minerals to meet surging global demand for clean energy and... 


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