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VHM signs offtake framework with Mitsui for Goschen HMC supply
2nd July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed VHM has signed a non-binding letter of interest (LoI) with Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co for the potential supply of 40% of the heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) production from its... 


GoldMining grants Australian Mines earn-in option on Brazilian project
2nd July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and NYSE American-listed GoldMining has signed a binding term sheet with Australian Mines, giving the ASX-listed junior miner the right to earn up to an 80% interest in the Boa Vista gold... 


Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
2nd July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Santana Minerals on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, Matakanui Gold, had entered into a binding agreement to acquire Ardgour Station – a strategic landholding with competing land... 


Meeka pours first gold at Murchison on schedule
Meeka pours first gold at Murchison on schedule
2nd July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Meeka Metals has poured first gold at its Murchison gold project in Western Australia – just 12 months after breaking ground. Commissioning of the processing plant has been completed... 


Oil and gas methane emissions
Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

An $88-million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
1st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane... 


Updated PFS shows strong fundamentals for Santana’s New Zealand project
1st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Sanatana Minerals’ updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Bendigo-Ophir gold project, in New Zealand, has shown strong fiscal outcomes, with an after-tax net present value (NPV) of... 


Gold bars
HSBC raises average gold price forecasts for 2025 and 2026
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

HSBC raised its 2025 average gold price forecast to $3 215 an ounce from $3 015 and its 2026 forecast to $3 125 from $2 915, citing elevated risks and government debt. Gold tends to perform well... 


Auric Mining buys land package from WIN Metals to facilitate Munda gold mine
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Auric Mining has reached an agreement with fellow listed WIN Metals to acquire a package of assets related to its Munda gold mine, in Western Australia. The transaction includes all... 


Medallion to buy 258 ha of land for Ravensthorpe environmental offset strategy
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Medallion Metals has entered into a binding contract to acquire about 258 ha of freehold property, which will form the foundation of the company’s environmental offset strategy as it... 


Raw copper produced in Zambia
India sends geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, sources say
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral supplies... 


Thunderbird mine hit by port disruption
Thunderbird mine hit by port disruption
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mineral sands producer Sheffield Resources’ Thunderbird project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been caught up in an equipment failure at the Port of Broome, delaying the shipment of... 


Jacob Deysel
New Critica CEO sees 'globally significant' future in WA rare earths
1st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Rare earths hopeful Critica has appointed mining executive Jacob Deysel as CEO, with a mandate to advance the company’s flagship Jupiter project in Western Australia and spearhead a strategic... 


Rodger steps into MD role at Jindalee
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium has appointed Ian Rodger as MD with effect from July 1. He has been Jindalee’s CEO since January last year and has overseen several critical milestones, including... 


Fortescue appoints new non-exec director
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Fortescue has appointed Yasmin Broughton to its board as a non-executive director, effective July 1, as the company continues its transition towards a green energy and technology-focused... 


Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and LSE-listed Adriatic Metals said on Tuesday it had achieved commercial production at its Vareš silver operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company declared commercial production after... 


Australia's Firefinch abandoned the Morila mine in 2022.
Mali completes takeover of gold mines abandoned by foreign companies
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government announced at the weekend, but questions remain over how any untapped value can... 


platinum ingots
Heraeus expects platinum price ‘correction’ in second half of the year
30th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Refinery services provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that the platinum price, which currently averages $1 341/oz, will correct over the second half of the year. The... 


Cobra announces A$15m deal with Barton Gold for Wudinna assets
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

UK-listed explorer Cobra has signed a conditional agreement with ASX-listed Barton Gold to sell its Wudinna gold assets in South Australia for up to A$15-million in cash and shares, allowing it to... 


Liontown CFO and COO step down
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Battery minerals company Liontown Resources on Monday announced that CFO Jon Latto and COO Adam Smits would step down from their roles. The company appointed Ryan Hair as new COO and named Graeme... 


Kinterra raises pressure in New World takeover battle
Kinterra raises pressure in New World takeover battle
30th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The takeover contest for New World Resources is heating up, with Kinterra Capital on Monday announcing its intention to increase its offer price for the copper project developer, matching the... 


Australia considers gas reservation for east coast in sweeping review of market rules
Australia considers gas reservation for east coast in sweeping review of market rules
30th June 2025 By: Reuters

The Australian government said on Monday it will consider creating a gas reservation on the country's east coast as part of a sweeping review of market rules to prevent supply shortages. The... 


Cementation Africa MD Japie du Plessis interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Newly named Cementation Africa excited about setting business on new growth path
30th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The newly named Cementation Africa is excited about setting the rebranded business on a new growth path. As part of preparations to operate outside of the Murray & Roberts Group, the new “own... 


GTI Energy capital raise backed by Snow Lake
30th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia's GTI Energy has raised A$4.5-million through a placement that will see US-focused uranium company Snow Lake Resources emerge with a 9.9% stake and the right to appoint a director. The... 


Patriot start drilling at Copper Top Hill in Zambia
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian mining company Patriot Resources said on Monday that it had started drilling activities at its Copper Top Hill prospect, about 850 m northeast of the Sugarloaf copper deposit in Zambia’s... 


COO Lyndon Hopkins and CEO Richard Hyde with first Kiaka gold bar.
West African pours first Kiaka gold ahead of schedule
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the milestone ahead of schedule and under budget, as the company progresses... 


MinRes sells Yilgarn iron-ore mine
MinRes sells Yilgarn iron-ore mine
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Mineral Resources (MinRes) has finalised the sale of its iron-ore operations in Western Australia’s Yilgarn region, marking the end of its 14-year involvement in the nearly 80-year-old... 


Resources Minister Madeleine King
Australia cuts commodity export outlook despite gold price gain
30th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia cut its forecast earnings from commodity exports, as a meteoric rise in gold prices fails to offset weakness in iron-ore and natural gas. Total resource and energy export earnings fell... 


Brightstar outlines low-capex growth path with positive DFS results
Brightstar outlines low-capex growth path with positive DFS results
30th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Brightstar Resources has delivered a positive definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Menzies and Laverton projects in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields, mapping out a staged... 


UK trade envoy for Southern Africa Calvin Bailey, MP.
UK committed to fresh value-adding mining approach, says Southern African envoy
27th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The UK government is promising Africa a fresh in-Africa value-adding approach to the mining and minerals development it will be going all out to partner and promote. This promise was spelt out... 


Queensland budget misses mark on resource sector reform — QRC
27th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has criticised the state’s 2025/26 Budget as a missed opportunity to implement long-term economic reform and restore investor confidence in the state’s... 


Northern Minerals owns the Browns Range mine in Western Australia.
Northern Minerals notes Federal Court action but affirms it is not a party
27th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Rare earths company Northern Minerals has acknowledged legal proceedings initiated by the Australian Treasurer against a foreign investor, but stressed that it is not a party to the matter. The... 


MD and CEO Ivan Vella has implemented substantial changes at IGO, refreshing its strategy and reshaping its corporate and exploration teams.
IGO to reduce size of its board
27th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian miner IGO on Friday announced a strategic overhaul of its board structure as part of transformation efforts under MD and CEO Ivan Vella. Chairperson Michael Nossal said the changes... 


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