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Lotus Resources to increase stake in Malawis Kayelekera uranium project

Australia-based mineral exploration firm Lotus Resources has signed an agreement with Kayelekera Resources to increase its ownership stake in the Malawi-based Kayelekera uranium project to 85%. Lotus will exercise its option to acquire a 20% stake in the project through...

Wheaton to acquire gold stream from Santo Domingo project in Chile

Wheaton Precious Metals has signed a precious metal purchase agreement with Capstone Mining pertaining to the Santo Domingo project in the Atacama Region, Chile. Chile’s only fully permitted greenfield project, the Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold project is located about 50km southwest...

Granada Gold Discovers High Value Rare Earth and Alkali Metals

Granada Gold Mine Inc. is pleased to announce the significant discovery of Scandium (Sc), Rubidium (Rb), and Cesium (Cs) on the Big Claim of the Granada Gold Mine property, in Quebec, Canada. Results are preliminary and full core lengths have...

African contract miner Moolmans continues turnaround despite COVID-19

In a trading statement for FY2020 ending June 30, 2020, South Africa’s Aveng says its Moolmans contract mining business “showed continued progress on the journey to re-establish the business as a leader in open-cut contract mining operating in Africa.”...

ERGs Metalkol RTR copper-cobalt plant in DRC signs up to Responsible Minerals Assurance Process

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has announced that Metalkol RTR, its hydrometallurgical copper and cobalt facility in the DRC, has committed to undergoing the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), a flagship programme of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). Metalkol RTR...

Mota-Engil picks up mining contract at Vedantas Gamsberg mine

Portugal headquartered mining contractor Mota-Engil says it has been awarded a contract worth €240 million via its African subsidiary for the preparation, excavation and transport at the Gamsberg zinc mine in the Northern Cape in South Africa. The contract was...

Gold Fields to trial Caterpillar dual-fuel solution on haul trucks at Tarkwa mine

Gold Fields plans to test the use of LNG to power haul trucks in a trial at its Tarkwa open-pit gold mine in Ghana, CEO Nick Holland told attendees of the IMARC Online event this week. Speaking on a panel...

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