The Zambian government has granted TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines a 7 757 km2 package of new exploration licences in the highly-prospective North-Western Province of Zambia. Ivanhoe considers the... 

ASX-listed AusQuest says its Mt Davis base metal project, in Western Australia, has been accepted as a new exploration opportunity under the strategic alliance agreement (SAA) between AusQuest and... 

London-listed mining services company Capital has concluded formal negotiations and has signed a mining services contract with Reko Diq Mining Pakistan – operated by  Canadian miner Barrick Gold... 

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has reported the discovery of high-grade mineralisation at its Monte Muambe rare earths and fluorspar project, in Mozambique, with concentrations up to 232 g/t... 

Australian junior Cobre has commenced a diamond drilling programme at the Kitlanya West project in Botswana, targeting copper/silver mineralisation in collaboration with diversified major BHP.... 

Investment company Critical Metals has said its immediate priority is to secure the necessary funding to restart diamond drilling and exploration activities at its 70%-owned Molulu copper project,... 

Australia-listed Antilles Gold on Monday announced a revised funding approach to the development of the Nueva Sabana copper/gold mine in Cuba, as the previously expected $27-million prepayment on... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals says it is firmly on track to become a near-term base metals producer with the release of the definitive feasibility studies (DFSs) for its flagship project, the... 

ASX-listed Matsa Resources has executed a binding mining services agreement with Blue Cap Mining (BCM) for the development of the Devon Pit gold mine, in Matsa’s Lake Carey gold project in Western... 

Aim-listed URU Metals has raised £300 000 before expenses through a placing of ten-million new ordinary shares of no nominal value each in the capital of the company at a price of 3p a share. The... 

Canadian miner B2Gold has reaffirmed its C$1.54-billion construction and mine development cost estimate for the Goose project in the Nunavut region, and has revealed that it is evaluating a... 

Critical minerals exploration and development company Graphite One has expanded the mineral reserves at its Graphite Creek project in Alaska, with a new feasibility study expected to show a... 

Through an expanded fleet and the introduction of additional services, opencast mining, bulk materials handling, and drilling and blasting service provider Zizwe Opencast Mining is targeting... 

With a total resource estimate of 219-million tonnes of coal and a projected production target of 7.2-million tonnes a year, coal miner Canyon Coal – a subsidiary of diversified mining investment... 

A dedicated team from opencut mining contractor Moolmans will oversee the ramp-up of contract mining to full operations by April 1, at Black Mountain Mining’s (BMM’s) Gamsberg mine, in the Northern... 

Underground development at diamond producer Lucara Diamond’s Botswana-based Karowe mine is expected to extend its operational life beyond 2040, with significant progress achieved in 2024,... 

A robotic rig deployed at a project last year increased productivity by about 50% and consumed 75% less water than the more conventional rigs working on the same contract, Master Drilling director... 

London-listed mining, drilling, maintenance and geochemical analysis solutions provider Capital has reported a 53.5% year-on-year decline in basic earnings per share (EPS) to $0.089 in 2024, from... 

TSX-listed Fury Gold Mines and TSX-V-listed Quebec Precious Metals are progressing on schedule with their previously announced merger, with completion expected before April 30. Following the... 

Drilling and mechanised rock excavation technology solutions company Master Drilling, which was established in 1986 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited in 2012, has declared a... 

JSE- and NYSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti has advanced four of CSE-listed Inflection Resources’ copper/gold projects in New South Wales, Australia, to the next phase of an exploration earn-in... 

Toronto-based mining firm Torex Gold Resources has achieved a key milestone at its Media Luna Project in Mexico, producing its first batch of precious metal-rich copper concentrate following the... 

ASX-listed Arrow Minerals has reported a maiden mineral resource of 185-million tonnes at 42.3% aluminium oxide (AI2O3) and 2.7% silicon oxide at the Niagara bauxite project, in Guinea. “This is an... 

Perth-based Cazaly Resources on Tuesday announced that it had exercised an option to proceed with an earn-in and joint venture (JV) with fellow ASX-listed Brightstar Resources at the Goongarrie... 

Australia's Magmatic Resources has identified a potential new copper/gold discovery at the Myall project in New South Wales, where it is conducting a farm-in and joint venture exploration programme... 

ASX-listed Greenvale Energy has successfully raised A$1.8-million through a share placement to fund upcoming exploration across its Australian uranium portfolio. The placement was well supported... 

By: Murray Macnab - Group Executive Technical Director at UMS Group Almost everything humans consume is grown or mined. As far back as 40,000 years ago, people excavated the earth for its minerals,... 

Miner Anglo Asian Mining has mined the first ore from Gilar, a new underground deposit at its Gedabek site in Azerbaijan, marking a milestone in the company's transition towards becoming a mid-tier... 

South Africa-headquartered Gold Fields’ attempt to take full control of the Gruyere gold mine in Western Australia has been rejected, with joint venture (JV) partner Gold Road Resources turning... 

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday announced steps to open up more acreage for oil and gas leasing and lift restrictions on building an LNG pipeline and mining road in Alaska, carrying... 

A coal mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and Garrett County, Maryland. 

Mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc and the University of Pretoria (UP) – through its Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) – have signed a memorandum of... 

ASX-listed New Murchison Gold has secured firm commitments to raise A$16.5-million through a share placement, attracting strong support from existing and new institutional investors. The company... 

ASX-listed NRW Holdings on Thursday announced a series of contract awards through its subsidiaries, including a A$100-million contract from diversified mining major Rio Tinto. NRW’s wholly owned... 

Following a successful A$16-million capital raising, Australian copper miner Hillgrove Resources is accelerating the development of its Nugent deposit at the operating Kanmantoo mine, in South... 

ASX-listed unhedged gold mining company West African Resources has reported positive results for its resource estimation and scoping studies for a potential underground development beneath the... 

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has confirmed more silver, copper and zinc mineralisation at its majority-owned Mushima North project, in Zambia, following additional assay results received from... 

Aim-listed Oriole Resources says the results from Phase 5 drilling at its 90%-owned Bibemi gold project, in Cameroon, have successfully demonstrated that the mineralisation continues between the... 

Aim-listed Kavango Resources has announced a significant upgrade to the underground mining potential of Prospect 1 at the Hillside project in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Kavango intersected a reef,... 

Aim-listed Shuka Minerals has received all but one of the regulatory approvals required to complete the acquisition of Leopard Exploration and Mining, and thereby the Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia.... 

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

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.