Africa


Drillers at work at CIC Energy's Mmamabula coal field, in Botswana, where resources have climbed by 28% to 2.93 billion tonnes. The company is planning an electricity generating station, coal export facility, and coal-to-hydrocarbon conversion plant at Mmamabula.

CIC Energy buys back shares, advances Mmamabula

CIC Energy (ELC-T, CIEGF-o) is planning to buy back up to 5% or 2.7 million of its outstanding shares on the open market in a bid to boost its stock, which the company says is undervalued.


Examining core samples at SearchGold Resources' 36%-owned Bakoudou-Magnima gold project in Gabon, a joint venture with Moroccan company Managem. The partners have received a mining permit for the project, which holds 155,000 oz. in proven and probable reserves.

SearchGold starts small with Gabon JV

SearchGold Resources (RSG-v) has received a mining permit for its 36%-owned Bakoudou-Magnima gold project in Gabon, a joint venture with Moroccan company Managem.


This 478-carat stone, found at Gem Diamonds' Letseng mine, in Lesotho, is the 20th largest diamond ever found. The mine has produced three other diamonds among the top 20, including the 603-carat Lesotho Promise, which sold for US$12.4 million in 2006.

Gem Diamonds recovers 478-carat stone at Letseng

Vancouver — For the third time in as many years, Gem Diamonds (GEMD-l) has recovered a diamond from its Letseng mine, in Lesotho, big enough to take a place on the list of the 20 largest rough diamon…


Earth-moving at Nevsun Resources' Bisha gold-silver-copper project, 233 km west of Asmara, Eritrea. The project will be the country's first industrial-scale mine.

The path to development in Eritrea

Vancouver — The bomb dropped on Sept. 2, 2004, when mineral exploration and mine development companies in Eritrea received letters from the Eritrean government commanding them to halt operations. Mos…


One week's production from Rockwell Diamonds' Holpan project, 45 km from Kimberley, South Africa. The company has reduced its operating costs at the project to US$3.01 per tonne, from an average of US$3.20 per tonne.

Rockwell snubs Pala bid

Vancouver — South African alluvial producer Rockwell Diamonds (RDI-T, RDIAF-o) is fighting off a hostile takeover offer from its largest shareholder, a private equity firm based in the Channel Island…


Waiting for DRC mining review

Investors and onlookers alike will have to hold their collective breath a little longer as the completion of the mi…






Freeport McMoRan a ‘buy’ for Citibank

Despite concerns that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take more cash and a greater share of the massive Tenke Fungurume project, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s …


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