Gold exploration and development company Geopacific Resources is set to undertake extensive drilling and deliver a definitive feasibility study by year-end. 

Highland Copper Company has received approval for its updated air permit application. 

Gossan Valley is expected to enhance overall ore production and scheduling flexibility by providing an additional independent, and relatively shallow, production front at Golden Grove mine. 

Gold producer Ramelius Resources aims to create a new mining hub in an underexplored mining region, which it plans to take advantage of with its proven hub-and-spoke model.  

Pure gold mine developer Revival Gold is targeting potential openpit heap-leach production of up to 100 000 oz/y of gold over a nine- to ten-year mine life. 

ASX-listed exploration company Centaurus Metals has identified significant opportunities for improvement to the feasibility study estimates. 

Developer of mineral resource projects in Malawi Sovereign Metals has reported “outstanding” results from purification testing of coarse flake graphite concentrate at the project. 

Work on the feasibility study update is progressing well. 

Further testwork completed has confirmed that the medium to coarse Kasiya graphite concentrate has met or exceeded the key specifications required for use as expandable and expanded graphite. 

The Phase 2 expansion is on track. 

ASX-listed exploration and development company Canyon Resources remains on schedule to complete a definitive feasibility study during the third quarter of the year. 

The project will add 2.7-million ounces in mineral reserves at a recovered grade of about 9 g/t. 

The project is progressing as planned. 

Graphite, nickel and copper developer Blencowe has received a formal expression of interest regarding potential participation in the debt- and project-level equity funding for Orom-Cross. 

South African holding company Impala Platinum has reported the technical completion of the project. 

Diamond exploration and project development company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a mining permit for its Thorny River project. 

The project has been successfully placed on care and maintenance. 

Harmony Gold Mining Company is continuing negotiations with its joint venture partner Newmont Corporation and the Papua New Guinea government with regard to the special mining lease.  

Implats has reported the technical completion of the project. 

A prefeasibility study has confirmed Assafou’s potential to become a Tier 1 asset for Endeavour.   

Iron-ore major Rio Tinto is investigating the potential for extracting and valorising gallium. 

Midtier gold and copper producer OceanaGold plans to develop the Martha underground mine and the new Wharekirauponga underground mine. 

Nickel-focused exploration company Canada Nickel Company has signed a significant agreement with the Mattagami, Matachewan and Flying Post First Nations, members of the Wabun Tribal Council, to... 

Uranium project developer Denison Mines expects to start site preparation and construction activities in early 2026. 

Australia-based Lindian Resources CEO Alwyn Vorster stepped down as CEO, effective February 28. This comes amid the continued advancement of the project. 

Vancouver-based junior nickel mining company FPX Nickel Corp will initiate a scoping study for a Canadian refinery with the capacity to produce 32 000 t/y of nickel in sulphate.  

Battery metal development company Giyani Metals Corporation has announced the successful production of HPMO at its demonstration plant in Johannesburg. 

The mine is set to be commissioned in the second half of 2025. 

Gold reserve developer Predictive Discovery Limited's latest drilling results from the Argo area of the project have confirmed the area's potential for further exploration.