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TotalEnergies to acquire 42.5% interest in Namibian exploration licence
6th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Oil and gas company TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 exploration licence, offshore Namibia, from investment management company Eight Offshore... 


CGS CEO Mosa Mabuza and BHP group exploration officer Tim O'Connor
BHP, South Africa’s CGS partner to enrich geoscience data
6th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Australian multinational mining company BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Africa’s Council for Geoscience (CGS) to collaborate on geoscientific research and exploration.... 


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Rosh Pinah Zinc commissions paste backfill plant
6th February 2026 By: Darren Parker

Mine operator Rosh Pinah Zinc (RPZ) and investment adviser Appian Capital Advisory have announced the commissioning of Namibia’s first paste backfill plant at the Rosh Pinah mine, marking a key... 


MGX completes $50m Central Tanami JV acquisition
6th February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Midtier miner MGX Resources has completed its acquisition of a 50% interest in the Central Tanami Gold Project Joint Venture (CTPJV) in Australia’s Northern Territory, finalising a transaction with... 


Rosond expands Saudi industrial footprint through strategic manufacturing agreement with Bin Harkil
Rosond expands Saudi industrial footprint through strategic manufacturing agreement with Bin Harkil
6th February 2026

(Virtual Showroom) Rosond South Africa, Rosond Arabia and Bin Harkil Co. Ltd. have signed a strategic agreement to localise the manufacturing and assembly of at least 30% of Rosond exploration... 


Berkeley claims $1.25bn from Spain over Salamanca project
Berkeley claims $1.25bn from Spain over Salamanca project
6th February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed Berkeley Energia has filed a $1.25-billion compensation claim against Spain at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington DC, as part of its... 


ROBUST HOUSING A Trafo Power Solutions dry-type transformer housed within a robust enclosure designed to ensure reliable performance in demanding mining environments
Future-proofing mine power systems
6th February 2026

Trafo Power Solutions’ early involvement in exploration and mining projects is helping operations avoid one of the industry’s most persistent challenges – electrical infrastructure that becomes... 


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WearCheck transformer laboratory technician Zamaswazi Dlamini operates a gas chromatograph – a vital tool for detecting dissolved gases that reveal early signs of transformer faults
Predictive maintenance expertise on show at Mining Indaba
6th February 2026

From scientific used oil analysis and transformer oil testing to asset reliability care services and water testing and analysis, condition monitoring specialist company WearCheck will be showcasing... 


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South Africa simply must get going on the mining exploration front
6th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

It’s extremely bad for the South African economy that it’s taking so long to get going on the mining exploration front. As is being pointed out around the resources world, mining success depends on... 


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Virginia gas project, South Africa – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

ASP Isotopes has reported material operational progress since April 2025, following bridge loan funding provided before completing its acquisition of Renergen.  


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Woodlawn copper/zinc mine, Australia – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Develop Global has reported strong operational and financial performance in the quarter ended December 31, 2025. 


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Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal project, South Africa – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The project continues to make solid progress, with several key development milestones achieved during the quarter ended December 31, 2025.  


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Hyperspectral drill core digitisation at the CGS National Borehole Core Depository
Advancing digital transformation through geoscience using Africa’s first virtual core library
6th February 2026

National science council the Council for Geoscience (CGS) is advancing the digital transformation of South Africa’s geoscience data infrastructure through the development of Africa’s first Virtual... 


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Hombre Muerto West lithium project, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Galan Lithium has secured A$40-million through an institutional placement to support a 30% expansion of Phase 1 production. 


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Grassy Mountain gold project, US – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Paramount Gold Nevada has received federal approval after the signing of the record of decision for the development. 


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Costa Fuego copper project, Chile – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Hot Chili announced a capital raising on February 2 aimed at supporting several growth initiatives at its flagship Costa Fuego copper/gold project. 


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Copperwood project, US – update
6th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Highland Copper has outlined its 2026 work programme to advance the project towards a construction decision. 


Karnalyte welcomes Canada-India cooperation on potash supply
Karnalyte welcomes Canada-India cooperation on potash supply
5th February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Karnalyte welcomes Canada-India cooperation on potash supply TSX-listed Karnalyte Resources has welcomed recent commitments by the governments of Canada and India to strengthen collaboration in... 


Thuso Tseetse, Head of Natural Resources, Botswana
Botswana and Ghana Show How Africa’s Mining Agenda Is Moving Inward
5th February 2026

It is often said that Africa holds close to a third of the world’s known reserves of the minerals essential to the energy transition and to emerging industrial technologies. The figure appears so... 


EIS expansion and vanadium royalty cap signal support for new projects
EIS expansion and vanadium royalty cap signal support for new projects
4th February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Western Australian government has doubled funding for the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) to A$18-million, with the latest round opening this week. Royalties for vanadium products have also... 


Hamak CEO Karl Smithson
Hamak Strategy restructures leadership with CEO return, board appointments
4th February 2026 By: Darren Parker

OTCQB- and LSE-listed exploration company Hamak Strategy has restructured its executive management and strengthened its board as it moves into what it describes as a new growth phase, appointing a... 


Orpheus placement backed by IsoEnergy
4th February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Junior uranium explorer Orpheus Uranium has secured firm commitments to raise A$4.36-million through a share placement, with Canada-listed IsoEnergy cornerstoning the raise with a A$1.5-million... 


Andrada CEO Anthony Viljoen
Andrada to receive first $10m under BWCAM earn-in imminently
4th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed tin, tantalum and lithium producer Andrada Mining has confirmed that it will receive an amount of $10-million from BWCAM for the initial development of the Brandberg West project, in... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
South Africa at pivotal point in evolution of its mining industry, says Minerals Council
4th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining built South Africa once. With clarity, confidence, and coherent policy, mining can help to build South Africa’s future again – and do so inclusively. A successful and growing mining industry... 


Barton appoints credit adviser for Challenger Stage 1 financing
Barton appoints credit adviser for Challenger Stage 1 financing
4th February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Barton Gold has appointed Bedrock Advisory Partners to manage the credit component of its financing process for targeted Stage 1 operations at its Challenger gold project in South... 


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Delivering drilling solutions that perform where it matters
4th February 2026

In mining and exploration, performance is measured in outcomes — metres drilled, uptime maintained and programmes delivered safely and efficiently. In some of the world’s most demanding... 


Seequent Segment Director Mining Dr Janina Elliott.
Critical minerals pipeline thin, greenfield exploration budgets flat
4th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Despite mining being essential for the survival of the global economy, the mining industry’s critical minerals pipeline remains thin and its greenfield exploration budgets flat. Pressure on mines... 


Alamos plans 20 000 t/d Island Gold expansion with NPV of $12bn
Alamos plans 20 000 t/d Island Gold expansion with NPV of $12bn
4th February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Precious metals miner Alamos Gold on Tuesday unveiled plans to expand its Island Gold District (IGD) operation in Ontario to 20 000 t/d, creating one of Canada’s largest and lowest-cost gold mines,... 


BHP's innovative Xplor programme in South Africa.
South Africa is hosting BHP’s biggest-ever explorer-technology-data bootcamp
3rd February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is hosting the most intensive mineral systems thrust ever conducted by the exploration advancement programme being innovatively implemented by major mining company BHP. Brought... 


Angus Bracken, Mining Sector Lead for Africa and the Middle East at SLR Consulting
Seeing the whole mine: SLR Consulting drives sustainability through full-value-chain insight
3rd February 2026

Navigating mining’s fast changing sustainability landscape begins with a full understanding of the entire value chain, says SLR Consulting’s Angus Bracken, Mining Sector Lead for Africa and the... 


Tennant Creek alliance receives grants for shared processing study
Tennant Creek alliance receives grants for shared processing study
3rd February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Junior mining companies CuFe, Emmerson Resources and Tennant Minerals have secured A$600 000 in combined federal and Northern Territory government funding to advance plans for a shared critical and... 


Equinox Gold reports AI-supported discovery at Valentine mine
3rd February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold producer Equinox Gold has announced a new, AI-supported gold discovery at its Valentine mine in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company confirmed Minotaur Zone, located 8 km north-west of the... 


African Pioneer raises £1.8m to advance Namibian copper/gold projects
2nd February 2026 By: Darren Parker

London-listed African Pioneer has raised £1.8-million through a large equity fundraising to fund further technical work at its Ongombo and Ongeama copper/gold projects, in Namibia, and to support... 


Gold nuggets
Wia concludes Côte d’Ivoire gold asset sale to Santa Fe
2nd February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Wia Gold has successfully completed the disposal of its noncore gold exploration interests in Côte d’Ivoire to fellow listed miner Santa Fe Minerals. Wia in November last year... 


Hot Chili moves to raise A$40m
2nd February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and TSX-V-listed Hot Chili on Monday announced a A$40-million capital raising through a private placement to institutional, professional, and other sophisticated investors. The placement will... 


Forrestania secures full ownership of Mt Palmer project
Forrestania secures full ownership of Mt Palmer project
2nd February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Minerals explorer and developer Forrestania Resources has moved to consolidate its Western Australian gold portfolio after entering into binding agreements to acquire full ownership of the Mt... 


Alicanto shareholders approve Mt Henry gold acquisition
Alicanto shareholders approve Mt Henry gold acquisition
2nd February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Alicanto Minerals has secured shareholder approval for its acquisition of the 915 000 oz Mt Henry gold project in Western Australia, paving the way for transaction completion in... 


South Africa-based Orion Minerals is using the programme to apply modern data analytics and mineral systems thinking across its large Northern Cape tenement package to identify new discovery opportunities beyond known deposits.
BHP selects largest-ever intake for 2026 Xplor exploration programme
2nd February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining major BHP has selected ten early-stage exploration and technology companies for its 2026 Xplor programme, marking the largest cohort since the initiative was launched in 2023. Now in its... 


Bellavista buys FireFly's Ontario assets for up to A$86m
Bellavista buys FireFly's Ontario assets for up to A$86m
2nd February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed FireFly Metals has agreed to sell its Ontario gold assets to ASX-listed Bellavista Resources for a total scrip consideration of a deemed aggregate value of up to A$86.1-million, as the... 


Sleeping Giant mine
Abcourt inks $30m debt facility and offtake deal with Glencore
1st February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-based gold developer Abcourt Mines has closed a senior secured debt financing facility of up to $30-million and an offtake agreement with commodities major Glencore. Abcourt will supply... 


Sierra Nevada Gold lands copper/gold project in Saudi
30th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Sierra Nevada Gold has been awarded the large-scale As Safra copper/gold project in Saudi Arabia, securing a district-scale exploration opportunity in one of the world’s most prospective... 


Kore progresses early works agreement, formal sales process continues
Kore progresses early works agreement, formal sales process continues
30th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Potash development company Kore Potash, with 97% ownership of the Kola potash project and the Dougou Extension (DX) potash project in the Sintoukola basin in Congo-Brazzaville, has provided an... 


Hamak regains full ownership of Nimba gold project; Ghana due diligence advances
30th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

LSE- and OTCQB-listed Hamak Strategy has regained 100% ownership of its Nimba gold project, in Liberia, at zero upfront cost, following the termination of its joint venture (JV) with ASX-listed... 


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