Geoscience BC has announced a new project to examine how rare-earth elements (REEs) – crucial to personal electronics, renewable energy generation and defence technologies – could be extracted from the province’s coal deposits and coal tailings facilit…
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Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer attended Nedbank’s Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle conference in Cape Town this week and unpacks the highlights from the event.
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Mark Selby has resigned as president and CEO of gold miner RNC Minerals with immediate effect, the TSX-listed company announced on Thursday. Executive chairperson of the board, Paul Huet, had been appointed interim CEO.
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Mexico-focused exploration company Discovery Metals has announced a C$9-miillion nonbrokered private placement of shares, in which investor Eric Sprott has agreed to participate.
The TSX-V-listed firm will issue 23 216 174 common shares at C$0.23 a sh…
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London-listed Scotgold announced on Thursday that it would not extend the Pomar exploration licence in Portugal, and that it had applied to terminate the licence.
This follows the earlier falling through of an earn-in agreement that Scotgold had with …
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A new private mineral exploration company focused on West Africa is to emerge from the combination of Avant Minerals and the Côte d’Ivoire assets of TSX-V-listed Orca Gold.
The new company, Montage Gold, will initially be owned 60% by Orca and 40% by …
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Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has raised £250 000, through the placing of 50-million shares with new and existing investors at 0.5p a share. This represents about 7.98% of the company’s issued share capital.
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London-listed Asiamet has been given the environmental go-ahead for the BKM copper project, in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, allowing the company to proceed with the development of the project, mine and infrastructure.
The company hailed the provinci…
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Turkey’s Kiziltepe mine, which forms part of the Red Rabbit joint venture between Ariana Resources and Proccea Construction, had a strong second quarter, with gold production exceeding the annualised quarterly guidance.
The mine produced 6 438 oz in t…
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Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum (Implats) is inviting holders of its $250-million 3.25% convertible bonds due in 2022 (USD bonds) to exercise their conversion rights. Bondholders will receive a cash payment and shares in Implats i…
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