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Barrick CEO Mark Bristow.
This century’s greatest gold discovery prospect being advanced by an excited Barrick
Updated 6 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Fourmile is rapidly competing to be the largest and highest-grade gold discovery in the industry this century, Barrick CEO Dr Mark Bristow enthused during the quarterly presentation of the New... 


Can Battery Energy Storage Systems Help Power the Future of Mining in Africa?
Can Battery Energy Storage Systems Help Power the Future of Mining in Africa?
Updated 7 hours ago

By: Henry Myburgh - Strategic Account Manager at Vertiv Africa Mining remains a cornerstone of economic output across many Sub-Saharan African nations, often contributing a substantial share of... 


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South African court rescinds TotalEnergies oil exploration permit
14th August 2025 By: Reuters

A South African court has rescinded an environmental authorisation granted to TotalEnergies and its joint venture partner Shell to explore for oil in a block off the Cape coast, a court judgment... 


Stillwater Critical Minerals raises C$8.78m in private placements
14th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Stillwater Critical Minerals said on Wednesday it had raised about C$8.78-million through a series of private placements to fund exploration at its projects in the US and Canada. The... 


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Zimbabwe labs overwhelmed as gold rally spurs exploration, miner says
14th August 2025 By: Reuters

Zimbabwean laboratories are struggling to cope with a surge in mineral samples submitted by mines ramping up exploration activity in response to record gold prices, a mine executive said on... 


A$23m capital raise keeps Centaurus' Brazil nickel project on path to 2026 FID
14th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Centaurus Metals on Thursday announced firm commitments for A$20-million from Australian and international institutional and sophisticated investors in a placement to advance its... 


Re-evaluation at Galileo’s KCB licences confirms copper in drillholes
13th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Galileo Resources is “very pleased” with the outcome of the re-evaluation of its previous holes on Kalahari Copperbelt (KCB), CEO and chairperson Colin Bird says. Given that various... 


Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs to address stakeholders at Africa’s Top Sustainability Summit
Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs to address stakeholders at Africa’s Top Sustainability Summit
13th August 2025

South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Bernice Swarts, will open this year’s fifth annual Sustainability Summit Africa, which takes place in Johannesburg... 


Benz to ramp up Glenburgh drilling with A$30m raise
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Benz Mining on Wednesday announced a A$30-million capital raise from a bought-deal share sale to accelerate exploration at its Glenburgh gold project in Western Australia, doubling its... 


Waratah Minerals raises A$30m to accelerate Spur drilling
Waratah Minerals raises A$30m to accelerate Spur drilling
13th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Waratah Minerals said on Wednesday it had secured firm commitments to raise A$30-million through a share placement, with proceeds to accelerate exploration at its Spur gold/copper... 


De Beers announces kimberlite field discovery in Angola
De Beers announces kimberlite field discovery in Angola
12th August 2025 By: Reuters

De Beers' joint venture in Angola has discovered a new kimberlite field, the most common source of mined diamonds, it said on Tuesday, its first such discovery in three decades. The Anglo American... 


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Sasol expects rebound in full-year EPS
12th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol has announced that it expects its earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended June 30, to be more than 100% higher year-on-year, at between... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow.
Barrick’s DRC gold mine is exemplary global advancer of African greenness, automation
12th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Africa received a strong thumbs up during the second-quarter presentation of Barrick as one of its “main cash generators”. “We saw solid performance across the portfolio,” Barrick CEO Dr Mark... 


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Thor Explorations records strong interim performance, says exploration progressing
12th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations recorded a good operational performance for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, president and CEO Segun Lawson says in an operational and... 


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South Africa’s revised trade offer to the US described as ‘broad, generous, open and ambitious’
12th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa submitted a revised trade offer to the US on August 12, after its previous ‘Framework Agreement’ submitted in May failed to avert the institution of 30% ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on South... 


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Caledonia reports strong second quarter
11th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

NYSE- and Aim-listed gold miner Caledonia Mining delivered a strong quarter ended June 30, with record second-quarter gold production at its Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, and a considerable increase... 


The Western Queen gold project is located 110 km northwest of Mt Magnet within Western Australia’s Yalgoo Mineral Field.
Rumble declares maiden tungsten resource at Western Queen
11th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Minerals exploration and development company Rumble Resources has declared a maiden tungsten resource of more than 13 0000 t of tungsten trioxide (WO3) at the Western Queen project, near Mt Magnet... 


Dark Star secures full rights to Namibian uranium projects in $3.5m deal with Critical One
8th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

The sale of CSE-, FSE- and OTCQB-listed Critical One Energy’s uranium assets in Namibia to CSE- and FSE-listed Dark Star Minerals has officially closed, marking a significant milestone in the... 


Alphamin’s second-quarter Ebitda improves
8th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Alphamin Resources has posted a 21% quarter-on-quarter increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to $75-million for the second quarter ended... 


WA mines department approves Arrowsmith North silica sand project
8th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Western Australia's Mines, Petroleum and Exploration department has approved the mining proposal for the Arrowsmith North silica sand project, marking a milestone for VRX Silica as the company is... 


IGO reports director resignation
8th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Critical minerals company IGO on Friday announced the resignation of Justin Osborne as nonexecutive director, amid a board renewal process.  Osborne, whose resignation will become effective on... 


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Updated strategy to drive deeper gender transformation
8th August 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

The Women in Mining (WiM) Strategy 2.0 – a renewed gender transformation plan – has been launched by mining industry employers’ association Minerals Council South Africa to promote the inclusion... 


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Haib copper project, Namibia – update
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Copper exploration and development company Koryx Copper has closed its previously announced bought deal public offering to advance technical studies on the project and continue exploration. 


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Narrabri gas project, Australia – update
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Santos will supply utility firm Engie with up to 20 petajoules of natural gas a year from its Narrabri project. 


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Tiris uranium project, Mauritania – update
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Aura Energy has concluded two agreements for the future sales of U3O8 concentrate from the project. 


Location map of the Sissingue mine, in Côte d'Ivoire
Sissingué mine, Côte d’Ivoire
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine in the Savanes region of northern Côte d’Ivoire. 


Aterian awarded three new licences in the Kalahari Copperbelt
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Aterian has announced a significant expansion of its high-potential copper and silver exploration portfolio following the award of three new prospecting licences in the world-renowned... 


Pan American Silver appoints Pablo Marcet to its board
7th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Vancouver-based gold and silver miner Pan American Silver has appointed Pablo Marcet to its board of directors with immediate effect. Marcet is a distinguished mining professional with more than... 


Critical Resources acquires New Zealand gold/antimony assets
Critical Resources acquires New Zealand gold/antimony assets
6th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Critical Resources has secured a strategically significant position in New Zealand’s Otago gold province through the acquisition of drill-ready and early-stage exploration assets in one... 


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Jubilee progressing Zambia strategy
6th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has reported significant progress across its Zambia portfolio, which has in place all the assets the company needs to maintain the momentum on its copper... 


Matthew Crawford says senior miners must step up gold exploration.
Gold Fields exec calls on majors to ‘lean in’ on gold exploration
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold Fields greenfields exploration VP Matthew Crawford has called on major gold companies to play a greater role in early-stage discovery, saying the burden of exploration is increasingly being... 


US to pursue seabed mining with Cook Islands after China pact
6th August 2025 By: Bloomberg

The US has entered talks with the Cook Islands to develop seabed mineral resources, just months after the South Pacific nation formalized cooperation pacts with China that included exploration for... 


FireFly CEO Darren Cooke
FireFly builds copper growth story in Tier-1 Canada
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration and development firm FireFly Metals has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 18 months, with CEO Darren Cooke describing the acquisition of the Green Bay copper/gold... 


Nic Earner encouraged investors to rethink their view of Australia's East Coast mining jurisdictions.
Alkane emerges from Mandalay merger with scale and cash to grow
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Alkane Resources has emerged from its merger with Mandalay Resources as a mid-tier gold and antimony producer with three operating mines and ambitions for re-rating as it targets entry into the... 


New Besra board visits Malaysia project, launches strategic review
6th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Besra Gold’s newly elected board of directors has completed a visit to the company’s Bau gold project in Sarawak, Malaysia, and has kicked off an independent strategic review of the... 


Snowline’s Valley project shaping up as Canada’s next major gold mine
Snowline’s Valley project shaping up as Canada’s next major gold mine
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration and development company Snowline Gold’s Valley project in the Yukon Territory is emerging as a globally significant gold deposit, with the potential to become one of Canada’s largest... 


Sanbrado in Burkina Faso
West African Resources targets 500 000 oz/y by 2029
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong operational performance from its Sanbrado and Kiaka operations in Burkina... 


BHP and Lundin will request Argentina incentives, but other miners fear missing out
BHP and Lundin will request Argentina incentives, but other miners fear missing out
6th August 2025 By: Reuters

 BHP and Lundin plan to soon apply for a new Argentine investment incentives scheme for their Vicuna copper project, but other miners fear they may get left out before the program's cut-off date a... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe wants all diamond producers to contribute towards collective diamond marketing efforts
5th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

After attending a high-level Ministerial roundtable in Luanda, Angola, in June, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has proposed that South African diamond producers contribute... 


The Tomingley operation in New South Wales
Alkane, Mandalay complete merger to form mid-tier gold and antimony producer
5th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s Alkane Resources has completed its merger with Canada-based Mandalay Resources, creating a dual-listed gold and antimony producer with operations in Australia and Sweden. The... 


Askari complete technical due diligence at Ethiopia project
5th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Askari Metals has completed technical due diligence on the Nejo gold and copper project, in Ethiopia, a key condition precedent for settlement of the acquisition, subject to shareholder... 


Horizon to consolidate gold projects near Black Swan plant
5th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Horizon Minerals has moved to expand its footprint in Western Australia’s goldfields with the acquisition of a suite of nearby gold projects from Yandal Resources, bolstering its... 


Patriot Battery Metals CEO Ken Brinsden
Lithium demand forecasts lagging reality, says Patriot’s Brinsden
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-focused Patriot Battery Metals CEO Ken Brinsden has cautioned that current lithium demand forecasts are underestimating the future needs of the energy transition, likening the forecasting... 


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