Belahouro numbers positive
Goldbelt Resources (GLD-V, GLDDF-O) is ready to start pre-production work at its Belahouro project in north-central…
Africa
Dynatec introduces new partners
After impressing the market the day previous by announcing a partnership that gets it considerably closer to mining…
La Mancha has a political edge
Sometimes it’s all in the timing.La Mancha Resources (LMA-T) went from being just another junior exploration co…
Strike at Rio Tinto’s Rossing uranium mine
Uranium production at Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) Rossing mine in Namibia, could take a hit, as workers there began …
Axmin tallies Sierra Leone gold resource (October 23, 2006)
Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O) has released an initial resource estimate for its grassroots Komahun prospect, which forms part of its Nimini Hills project in Sierra Leone.
African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (October 23, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the hope of starting production in 2008.
Editorial: Kimberley in America: three years on
More than three years into the international adoption of the Kimberley process for the tracking and certification of rough diamond trading, a new report by the United States Government Accountability…
603-ct Lesotho diamond sells for US$12M
South African Diamond (Safdico), the manufacturing arm of London-based jeweller Laurence Graff, paid US$12.36 million for the 603-carat “Lesotho Promise Diamond” found at the Letseng diamond mine in L…
TEAL bumps up inferred resources at Otjikoto
A successful drilling program at TEAL Exploration & Mining’s (TL-T, TEL-J) Otjikoto gold project in Namibia has bol…
Great Quest drills out Djambaye (October 13, 2006)
A resource estimate prepared for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) on its Djambaye 2 gold prospect in the Kenieba gold …
Editorial: Kimberley in America — three years on
More than three years into the international adoption of the Kimberley process for the tracking and certification o…
Strength of Akanani holds AfriOre’s share price
A weak South African rand and a black empowerment related commitment combined to take a bite out of exploration jun…