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IGO exits Yeneena JV, returns copper project to Encounter
IGO exits Yeneena JV, returns copper project to Encounter
28th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration junior Encounter Resources has regained full ownership of the Yeneena copper project in Western Australia's Paterson province after IGO withdrew from their six-year farm-in and joint... 


Guinea takes Endeavour gold permits in latest round of removals
Guinea takes Endeavour gold permits in latest round of removals
28th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Guinea has revoked four gold exploration permits from Endeavour Mining as it continues to reclaim inactive and non-compliant mining rights. The four exploration licenses were granted in 2020 and... 


President Donald Trump's May 2025 executive orders aim to remove regulatory barriers and unleash US nuclear energy.
US uranium miners hail Trump's nuclear executive orders
28th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders to quadruple the US nuclear fleet and rebuild the domestic uranium fuel cycle are being met with enthusiasm from the country’s uranium developers,... 


Kingrose-BHP alliance refocuses on Norway
27th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Kingsrose Mining is advancing exploration in northern Norway under its alliance with BHP, with the major mining company electing to terminate its Central Finland alliance to focus... 


DMPR mineral and petroleum regulation deputy director-general Tseliso Maqubela
Mining cadastral system on track for Western Cape roll out
27th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Work on South Africa’s new mining cadastral system is “well under way”, Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) mineral and petroleum regulation deputy director-general Tseliso... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Key public-private direction missing in new draft Minerals Bill, Junior Indaba hears
27th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa needs to see far more harnessing of the capital of the private sector and needs to make sure that government and private sector work together to grow the economy and create jobs,... 


Ukraine revamps minerals sector, eyes billions in investment from US deal
Ukraine revamps minerals sector, eyes billions in investment from US deal
27th May 2025 By: Reuters

Ukraine is overhauling its minerals sector, which has been pounded by three years of war, in the hope of unlocking potential and attracting billions of dollars of investment from a minerals deal... 


Coal India to take first unit public with consultancy firm IPO
27th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Coal India will sell as much as 10% of its holding in mining consultancy unit Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd. (CMPDI) through an initial public offering. The Ranchi-based unit of the... 


Bauxite ore mined in Guinea
Guinea cancels 129 exploration permits, further tightening control
27th May 2025 By: Reuters

Guinea's military government has cancelled 129 minerals exploration permits, it said in a statement late on Monday, as the West African nation tightens control over its assets. A senior official at... 


Xanadu board recommends Bastion takeover offer
27th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and TSX-listed Xanadu Mines has lodged its target’s statement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), recommending shareholders accept the offmarket takeover offer... 


An LNG tanker
South Africa proposes buying US LNG as seeks trade deal
27th May 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa has offered to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States over a ten-year period as part of proposals to secure a trade deal, according to a ministerial statement posted on the... 


Angolan President João Lourenço Selected as ‘Energy Person of the Year’
Angolan President João Lourenço Selected as ‘Energy Person of the Year’
27th May 2025

Angola’s President João Lourenço has been selected as the ‘Energy Person of the Year’ by the African Energy Chamber (AEC), in recognition of his drive for good governance, commitment to reform and... 


Vault expands KoTH reserves, greenlights Stage 2 plant upgrade
Vault expands KoTH reserves, greenlights Stage 2 plant upgrade
26th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Vault Minerals has unveiled an update to its Leonora operating strategy, underpinned by a 33% increase in openpit ore reserves at its flagship King of the Hills (KoTH) operation and... 


The new project is located about 30 km from the Laverton mill (pictured).
Genesis announces A$250m 'bolt-on' Laverton acquisition
26th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold company Genesis Minerals on Monday announced the acquisition of the Laverton project from Focus Minerals for A$250-million in cash, adding a four-million-ounce resource to its portfolio. The... 


ENAMI says lithium venture with Rio Tinto to start production in 2032
ENAMI says lithium venture with Rio Tinto to start production in 2032
26th May 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's State-run mining firm ENAMI aims for its new Rio Tinto lithium partnership at Altoandinos to begin production in 2032 with 35 000 metric tons of the battery metal per year, and ramp up over... 


Queensland fast-tracks critical minerals test facility in Townsville
23rd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Construction has begun on a long-awaited critical minerals testing facility in Townsville, in northern Queensland, with the state’s new Liberal National Party (LNP) government claiming credit for... 


Critical Mineral Resources signs JV for Morocco copper and silver project
23rd May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Critical Mineral Resources (CMR) has signed a formal agreement with an unnamed partner to earn into a high-quality copper/silver project, in central Morocco. The company says it has... 


Volt resumes trading while Arrow remains suspended
23rd May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Shares in ASX-listed Volt Resources resumed trading on Friday after the company said it had not received formal communication from the Guinea government regarding the status of its mineral... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe wants newly launched SANPC to lead oil refining revival
23rd May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has indicated that he wants the newly launched South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) to play a central role in reviving domestic... 


Adam Lancey speaking at the Global Resources Innovation Expo 2025.
BHP’s Lancey calls for innovation and partnerships to future-proof mining
23rd May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining company BHP’s Adam Lancey has called on the industry to “seek better ways” and embrace unconventional thinking, warning that it risks falling behind as technological innovation... 


Foran temporarily withdraws McIlvenna Bay staff amid wildfire evacuation
23rd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Foran Mining said on Thursday it had temporarily withdrawn non-essential personnel from its McIlvenna Bay project site in Saskatchewan following a regional wildfire evacuation order.... 


An image of the Lulo diamond mine
Lucapa Diamond Company appoints voluntary administrators
23rd May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Richard Tucker and Paul Pracilio of advisory and investment firm KordaMentha have been appointed as voluntary administrators to ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company, Brooking Diamonds, Heartland... 


Rio Tinto’s lithium pipeline of assets and options in South America.
Rio Tinto wins second major Chile lithium project at Altoandinos
23rd May 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's state-run mining body ENAMI has tapped Rio Tinto for a 51% share of the Altoandinos lithium project, it said on Thursday, giving the global miner its second major venture in Chile for... 


Measuring Impact and Managing Change: CILTSA Conference to Explore ESG Transformation in Transport, Logistics and the Supply Chain
Measuring Impact and Managing Change: CILTSA Conference to Explore ESG Transformation in Transport, Logistics and the Supply Chain
23rd May 2025

Under the theme “Measuring Impact and Managing Change,” the 2025 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport South Africa (CILTSA) ESG Conference provides a crucial platform to assess and... 


Image of real gold bars
Sheba mine, South Africa
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa. 


A generic image of an open-pit diamond mine
Addressing challenges before diversification
23rd May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The potential for Botswana’s mining industry to diversify into minerals, such as copper, nickel, coal and other critical minerals, cannot be effectively pursued without meaningfully addressing the... 


A generic image of a mine shaft
Diversification, innovative financing required for projects
23rd May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Amid the current challenges facing the global diamond market and the growing appetite to explore the potential of critical minerals, such as copper and cobalt, Canadian mining company Premium... 


An image of Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku
Mintek welcomes release of South Africa’s Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy
22nd May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

National mineral resource organisation Mintek has welcomed the official release of South Africa's Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy by Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.... 


Patriot secures high-grade Sugarloaf copper deposit in Zambia
22nd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Patriot Resources on Thursday announced the acquisition of the high-grade Sugarloaf copper deposit, in the Mumbwa district of Zambia. The project has an exploration target of between... 


Shuka CEO Richard Lloyd (left) interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer. Video: Darlene Creamer.
Newly JSE-listed Shuka says experiencing supportive Zambian govt approach to mining
22nd May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE's) newly listed Shuka Minerals states in its listing presentation that it is already experiencing the “fresh approach” of the government of Zambia to mining... 


An image of Atlantic Lithium CEO Keith Muller
Atlantic Lithium announces encouraging results from Côte d’Ivoire programmes
22nd May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium has announced the discovery of spodumene pegmatite in outcrop and float in the Agboville and Rubino exploration licences, in Côte d’Ivoire,... 


Royal Gold to put up $200m for Solaris' Warintza copper project
Royal Gold to put up $200m for Solaris' Warintza copper project
21st May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto- and New York-listed Solaris Resources on Wednesday announced a $200-million financing agreement with precious metals streaming and royalty company Royal Gold, securing nondilutive funding... 


Advanced geophysical interpretation identifies high-priority drill targets at URU’s South African project
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mineral exploration and development company URU Metals announces that the results of an advanced geophysical interpretation over its flagship Zeb nickel project, in South Africa, conducted by... 


An image of IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol
Lack of geographic diversification in critical minerals supply a cause for concern, IEA report shows
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Increasing supply concentration in a handful of countries and the spread of export restrictions is raising the risk of painful disruptions to the global critical mineral markets, the International... 


An image of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Council welcomes launch of Critical Minerals Strategy, new Bill
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry body the Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed the launch of the country’s Critical Minerals Strategy and the gazetting of the Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRDB) for public... 


Trigg appoints antimony specialist to lead US downstream push
21st May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Trigg Minerals has appointed antimony market expert Wiehann Kleynhans as vice president, US downstream operations, as the company ramps up plans to establish a vertically integrated... 


Australia's FIRB approves Gold Road-Gold Fields deal
Australia's FIRB approves Gold Road-Gold Fields deal
21st May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved South Africa-based miner Gold Fields' A$3.7-billion acquisition of the Australian mining company Gold Road Resources. The FIRB... 


Arrow, Volt request ASX suspension amid Guinea licence uncertainty
21st May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed exploration companies Arrow Minerals and Volt Resources have requested the voluntary suspension of their shares from trading, pending an announcement related to their tenements in... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Platinum, manganese, iron-ore, coal, chrome ore deemed ‘high-critical minerals’ for South Africa
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for various reasons, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR’s) Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy has identified platinum,... 


Dineo Skosana
No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa – Dineo Skosana
20th May 2025

No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa is an exploration of the ongoing struggles faced by families whose lives have been upended by the relentless expansion of coal... 


More than 60 minerals and metals are produced at almost 200 mines across Canada. Pictured is the Brucejack mine.
Canada’s mining sector holds steady despite global strains, domestic challenges
20th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada’s mining industry delivered solid growth in 2023, contributing C$117-billion, or 4% of GDP, and directly employing 430 000 people. However, the sector faces pressure from regulatory... 


Bastion resumes ASX trading with renewed focus and lean strategy
20th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company Bastion Minerals recommenced trading on the ASX on Tuesday, after unveiling a refreshed leadership team and a renewed strategy focusing on Australian gold assets. The company,... 


Kingston sells PNG project for $95m
Kingston sells PNG project for $95m
20th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Kingston Resources has struck a binding agreement to divest its Misima gold project, in Papua New Guinea, to Ok Tedi Mining for $95-million. The transaction includes $50-million payable... 


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