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Satellite image comparison confirms structural similarities with Sandfire’s T3 Copper Mine
Kavango weighs JV options for Botswana copper ground
15th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company Kavango Resources has begun evaluating strategic options for its interests in Botswana’s highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt, including the potential introduction of a joint... 


Merger to form Osisko-backed gold developer in James Bay
12th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Junior explorer Sirios Resources has agreed to acquire OVI Mining in an all-share deal that will create an Osisko-backed gold company with a district-scale foothold in Québec’s Eeyou Istchee James... 


Moonlight lists on ASX and launches drilling at Clermont gold project
11th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration company Moonlight Resources made its debut on the ASX on Thursday, marking its transition to a listed company with drilling already under way at its flagship Clermont gold project in... 


gold nuggets
MetalsGrove secures another JV in Côte d’Ivoire, raises $2.7m for exploration
11th December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed MetalsGrove Mining has successfully raised $2.7-million in an oversubscribed placement that will fund initial exploration activity on the company’s prospects in Côte d’Ivoire. The... 


Kalahari Copper Belt area in Botswana
Aterian partners with Lithosquare on AI-driven exploration programme
9th December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed base metals miner Aterian has signed a binding heads of terms with French exploration company Lithosquare for a strategic earn-in joint venture (JV) on eight copper prospective... 


Exploration target highlights major resource growth opportunity at Muntanga
Exploration target highlights major resource growth opportunity at Muntanga
3rd December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Atomic Eagle has reported a new Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Jorc) exploration target of between 40-million and 100.5-million pounds of triuranium octoxide (U3O8) at a grade range of... 


Galileo starts drilling at Zambia project
3rd December 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed Galileo Resources has started drilling at the Molefe copper project, in Zambia, following the signing of a conditional cooperation and project development agreement with Jubilee Metals... 


Hamak signs binding deal to buy Ghana gold project
3rd December 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed Hamak Strategy has signed a binding term sheet, giving it exclusive rights to acquire the Akoko gold licence, a project in Ghana containing more than 250 000 oz of defined gold, as... 


Ian Cockerill
Endeavour targets discovery of 12Moz to 15Moz over next five years
2nd December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London- and Toronto-listed Endeavour Mining has announced that its 2026 to 2030 exploration programme is targeting the discovery of between 12-million and 15-million ounces of mineral resources, at... 


Hecla cleared to begin exploration at historic Aurora district
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based Hecla Mining has secured federal approval for its 2026 exploration programme at the Polaris project in Nevada’s historic Aurora mining district, after the US Forest Service (USFS) issued a... 


DevEx consolidates uranium footprint
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed explorer DevEx Resources has struck a binding agreement to acquire Alligator Energy’s full uranium exploration tenure in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Province (ARUP), securing a 9 200... 


Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold exploration spending in Australia has jumped 45% over the past year, with the September quarter showing the strongest levels since late 2023, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics... 


From left: Séguéla mine exploration manager, Franck Gboko; West Africa exploration manager Pat Manouge; and Séguéla mine GM Peter McLean.
Fortuna confident of Séguéla life extension as exploration continues
28th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Drilling activity continues at NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Minings Séguéla mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of efforts to extend the project’s life-of-mine (LoM). The expansion of mineral resources... 


Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer
Jubilee signs development agreement with Galileo to accelerate Zambia’s Molefe mine
28th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Johannesburg- and London-listed Jubilee Metals Group has signed a cooperation and project development agreement with Galileo Resources to accelerate exploration and development at the Molefe mine,... 


A Mine site.
Optimism grows as Africa eyes new mining investment
28th November 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

The African mining industry is entering a new phase of optimism, with renewed investor interest and growing recognition of the continent’s role in global mineral supply chains, according to mining... 


Uis mine in Namibia
Andrada reports higher production, stronger revenue, reduced operating loss
27th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim- and OTCQB-listed Andrada Mining has reported improved operational and financial performance for the six months ended August 31, with higher production, increased revenue and a reduced... 


Drilling cores at a mining exploration project
Parliament Committee backs mining cadastre but flags licensing delays, data concerns
26th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has endorsed the Mining Cadastre System following its pilot phase in the Western Cape, while cautioning that significant issues... 


Exploration drilling at the Kokoseb project in Namibia
Wia to sell noncore Côte d’Ivoire gold permits to focus on Namibia project
26th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Wia Gold has entered into a binding share sale agreement with fellow ASX-listed company Santa Fe Minerals to divest its interest in all of its noncore gold exploration permits in Côte... 


Dr Richard Viljoen
Renowned South African geologist Dr Richard Viljoen passes away
24th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Former Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) president and renowned geologist Dr Richard Viljoen passed away on the eve of November 22 following heart surgery. Viljoen was GSSA president in... 


The Séguéla mine
Fortuna lifts Séguéla mine reserves, resources
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Mining Corporation has announced updated mineral reserves and mineral resources at its Séguéla mine, in Côte d'Ivoire, which now boasts a seven-and-a-half-year mine... 


Pensana to expand Longonjo rare earths resource to over one-billion tonnes
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Critical minerals company Pensana Rare Earths is preparing a $11-million drilling and metallurgical programme aimed at increasing the Joint Ore Reserve Commitee-compliant mineral resource estimate... 


Thor Explorations reports strong third quarter earnings, expands Nigerian gold operations
18th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V- and Aim-listed Thor Explorations has reported a significant rise in revenue and profitability for the three months ended September 30, driven by its Segilola gold mine, in Nigeria, and... 


Oriole raises £2m through share issuance
18th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed Oriole Resources has raised about £2.03-million through a combination of its placing, subscription and Winterflood Retail Access Platform (WRAP) retail offer, the company announced on... 


Oriole to raise combined £2m through retail offer, conditional placing
14th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed Oriole Resources has announced a dual fundraising effort, combining a retail offer by means of the Winterflood Retail Access Platform (WRAP) and a conditional placing, with the WRAP... 


The Ahafo mine in Ghana
Ghana scraps tax on minerals exploration to boost investment
14th November 2025 By: Reuters

Ghana will abolish value-added tax on mineral exploration and reconnaissance to boost investment in its mining sector, its finance minister said, as Africa’s top bullion producer seeks to reverse... 


An image of the Orion's Prieska Copper Zinc Mine
Miner poised to become near-term producer
14th November 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Through two fully permitted brownfield projects in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, and with first production expected in just over a year once project financing is secured, diversified miner... 


An image of the Mopani Copper Processing Site
Investor targets copper production boost
14th November 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

As part of its commitment to the Zambian government’s aim to reach three-million tonnes of copper production by 2031, State-owned investment company ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) is... 


a crew of drill technicians doing core drilling in Zambia
Copper exploration yields encouraging results
14th November 2025

A recently completed core drilling programme at the Pangeni copper project within the Lufilian Arc, in Zambia, by precious and base metal explorer BeMetals Corp, has helped to further define the... 


An image of Consolidated Copper Corporation (CCC) CEO John Sisay
Brownfield restarts offer faster route to production
14th November 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

As the global copper market is increasingly constrained, reactivated existing mines present a cost-effective, time-efficient solution that is critical to addressing the current copper supply... 


Austral’s Mt Kelly processing facility
New Frontier lodges mining lease for Big One copper deposit
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper developer New Frontier Minerals has lodged a mining lease application for the Big One copper deposit, part of its NWQ copper project in the Mount Isa copper belt of north-west Queensland.... 


Switch Metals signs MoU with Xcelsior
10th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Switch Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with financial services company Xcelsior Capital Advisors. Xcelsior provides financing to producers of critical metals and... 


Digital 3D scanner improves volume calculations
31st October 2025 By: Lynne Davies

To address challenges of traditional bulk density measurement methods, such as those used for friable materials, mine equipment supplier Veracio’s volumetric bulk density (VBD) system improves the... 


An image of Sanjey Bhoowanpursadh
Refining risk governance for African projects
31st October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

As mining projects across Africa contend with inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and complex permitting regimes, there is a greater need for mining companies, contractors and consultancies to... 


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