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BHP Xplor announces second program helping to accelerate critical resources exploration

BHP has announced its second cohort of six companies, chosen from a pool of over 500 applicants, to join the BHP Xplor accelerator program. The accelerator program is designed to support early-stage mineral exploration companies in finding the critical...

Miramar secures Eastern Goldfields exploration licence

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed Miramar has expanded its Eastern Goldfields tenement portfolio with an exclusive option to purchase an exploration licence application in Western Australia (WA). Miramar aims to acquire licence E25/654, located around 90km east of Kalgoorlie, from Debnal,...

FIRB approves Maximus JV with KOMIR for Lefroy lithium project

Maximus Resources has confirmed that the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) granted a no objection notification for the proposed joint venture (JV) with Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources (KOMIR). The FIRB’s no objection notification was issued without conditions...

South Africa’s Impala Platinum signs black empowerment deal

South Africa’s Impala Platinum has entered agreements to implement a B-BBEE transaction for its Rustenburg assets as well as the Bafokeng assets that it took over in 2023. This move will see black investors picking a 13% stake in both...

IonicRE and Viridis form rare earth JV in Brazil

Ionic Rare Earths (IonicRE) and Viridis Mining and Minerals have announced a JV to establish a rare earth separation refinery and a magnet recycling facility in Brazil. The facility will leverage IonicRE subsidiary Ionic Technologies’ separation technology, demonstrated at its...

Xtract forms JV to earn into Zambian copper mine

Xtract Resources has announced a joint venture (JV) agreement with Oval Mining, which is in collaboration with Cooperlemon Consultancy, to potentially acquire up to a 70% stake in Zambia’s Silverking copper mine and its accompanying exploration licence. The initial option...

Capella to divest Savant Gold project to Prospector Metals

Capella Minerals has finalised the divestment of its entire interest in the Savant Gold Project to Prospector Metals. The deal concludes Prospector’s exploration under the earn-in agreement initiated in September 2020, which identified multiple high-grade gold targets. Prospector Metals will make...

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