In this article, policy adviser and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama writes about De Beers' exploration in Angola and asks whether Botswana should be concerned. On October 23, De Beers... 

People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter said on Thursday. This follows the... 

Why is it that gold equities are continuing to underperform the gold price? That is a question Mining Weekly put to Barrick president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow after he noted the lag of gold equities... 

Aim-listed Oriole Resources has reported that full channel sampling results from Phase 2 infill trenching at the MB01 prospect at its 80%-owned Mbe gold project, in Cameroon’s Adamawa region,... 

ASX- and TSX-V-listed copper explorer Hot Chili has entered into a three-year option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the historical La Verde openpit copper mine, in Chile. The mine is about... 

The Africa region delivered “its usual reliable performance” for Barrick, Dr Mark Bristow highlighted in his presentation of the third-quarter results of the New York- and Toronto-listed gold and... 

London-listed Arc Minerals has observed copper mineralisation at all targets drilled on the joint venture (JV) project it has with Anglo American in Zambia. The companies have identified priority... 

Mid-tier gold producer Pan African Resources has acquired the remaining 92% of Tennant Consolidated Mining Group (TCMG) in Australia. The company disclosed on November 5 that the acquisition was... 

ASX-listed exporer FireFly Metals on Monday announced a transaction to buy the Tilt Cove exploration property, in Newfoundland, Canada, from TSX-listed Signal Gold. The transaction will add a... 

LSE-listed Altona has completed all field activities relating to a scoping study on short-term fluorspar mining at Monte Muambe, in Mozambique. The results of the study are expected to be available... 

Aim-listed Lexington Gold has appointed geological consultancy firm Dunrose Trading 186 – trading as Shango Solutions –  to review all historical exploration undertaken on certain South African... 

Lithium exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium has completed an institutional placement to raise A$10-million at a price of A$0.23 a share. Under the placement, a total of about... 

Uranium developer Neo Energy Metals has said the formal acquisition documentation for its acquisition of the Henkries South uranium project, in the Northern Cape, is progressing as planned and is... 

Diversified mining company Anglo American said on Thursday that it is making “excellent” portfolio simplification progress to create an investment proposition focused on copper, premium iron-ore... 

Ongoing drilling at Orion Minerals' Okiep copper project (OCP), in South Africa's Northern Cape province, continues to deliver the highly anticipated extensions of previously intersected wide,... 

Results from a geophysical and geochemical data assessment for London-listed Altona’s new Kabompo South project, in Zambia, performed by Namibia-based geophysical services company Earthmaps... 

Multi-commodity explorer NickelSearch on Monday announced the appointment of Johan Lambrechts, formerly VP for geology and exploration at Askari Metals, as CEO with immediate effect. Over the last... 

Leading mine blasting solutions provider BME today announced a new alignment with Protea Mining Chemicals, which provides one point of contact for two solutions through the BME brand. In this... 

Canada-focused AuMEGA Metals (formerly Matador Mining) said on Friday that it was in the process of arranging a private placement of $10-million. The ASX- and TSX-listed company would use the... 

West Africa-focused Turaco Gold has announced a A$35-million equity raise to accelerate drilling at the Afema project, in Cote d’Ivoire. The ASX-listed company will raise the funds in a... 

Owing to strong demand, Canadian exploration company NGEx Minerals has upsized its previously announced private placement from C$100-million to C$175-million. The TSX-listed firm will now place... 

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has completed an inaugural drilling programme on the Mushima North copper project, in Zambia. The programme aimed to test the A1 and C1 copper, zinc and arsenic soil... 

Four global metals and minerals mining organisations on Wednesday published a draft consolidated standard that covers a wide range of topics related to responsible mining practices. The Copper... 

TSX-listed Koryx Copper has closed the first tranche of a previously announced non-brokered private placement on October 11, raising about $9.6-million for the sale of about 8.7-million common... 

Paul Barrett, the CEO of tin explorer Rome Resources, says he is pleased with the overall drilling progress at the company's Kalayi and Mont Agoma prospects, in the North Kivu province of the... 

As part of the fully funded Phase 5 diamond drilling programme currently under way at Aim-listed Oriole Resources’ 82.2%-owned Bibemi orogenic gold project, in Cameroon, the company has encountered... 

Australia’s IGO has earned a majority stake of 51% in the Copper Wolf project in Arizona, US, and will now manage a newly formed joint venture (JV). Buxton, which is listed on the ASX, announced... 

LSE- and A2X-listed Neo Energy Metals’ South African subsidiary Neo Uranium Resources South Africa (Nursa) has entered into a binding heads of agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Henkries... 

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has announced the finalists for the 2024 AMEC Awards, with winners set to be revealed next month. The yearly event highlights the... 

Canada-based exploration company Founders Metals has upsized its previously announced bought-deal financing to C$20-million, citing strong demand and oversubscription. The company previously... 

High-grade gold mineralisation from recent resource definition diamond drilling has been reported by unhedged gold mining company West African Resources within the M1 South (M1S) Deeps resource,... 

Zambia’s government intends to keep ownership of some mining licenCes that are shown to be promising by an ongoing mapping exercise and invite private investors to develop the assets alongside the...