Ceasefire brings hope to Great Quest in Mali
For over a year, Great Quest Metals’ (GQ-V) Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali has been in limbo, waiting for peace to return to the remote northern corner of the troubled West African nation.
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Pangolin finds more kimberlites in Botswana
In the last two months, Pangolin Diamonds (PAN-V) has discovered two of the seven new kimberlites found in Botswana over the last five years and added as a consultant Manfred Marx, a diamond geologist who led the field team that in…
Teranga aims to boost Sabodala with Oromin bid
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based producer Teranga Gold (TGZ-T, TGZ-A) is taking a second swing at Vancouver-based junior Oromin Explorations (OLE-T) with an all-share acquisition offer. Teranga’s target is Oromin’s 43.5% stake in the…
Newcrest to take $6B writedown, cut office jobs
Newcrest Mining (NM-T, NCM-A), joining a growing list of miners that have been rattled by the recent dip in commodity prices amidst escalating costs, intends to slam the brakes on spending and swallow up to A$6 billion ($5.8 billion) in…
True Gold making good Karma in Burkina Faso
True Gold Mining’s (TGM-V) Karma project in Burkina Faso keeps getting better and better.
Aureus takes a fresh look at New Liberty
Aureus Mining (AUE-T, AUE-L) has updated a definitive feasibility study for its fully permitted New Liberty gold project in northwestern Liberia, confirming promising economics for what could become the country’s first commercial…
Roxgold advances Yaramoko
Pierre Vaillancourt of Macquarie Equities Research has initiated coverage of Roxgold (ROG-V) with an outperform rating and a 12-month target price of $1.50 per share—200% higher than its current trading price of 50¢.
Lucara sells diamonds for $25M
Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) has raked in more revenue than expected from its first special diamond sale for its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.
Paladin waits for fundamentals to take hold
The supply and demand fundamentals arguing for a lift in the uranium price are plain to see, but the market remains moribund.
Nevsun optimistic about new zone near Bisha
VANCOUVER — Drills probing the Northwest zone, a satellite zone 1.2 km from Nevsun Resources’ (NSU-T, NSU-N) operating Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, are finding high-grade gold, copper and zinc — just not all in the same place.
Terrorists strike Areva in Niger
Niger’s northern desert hosts world-class uranium deposits, but unfortunately it is also playing host to terrorists.
K+S teams up with NGO to help Ugandan farmers
Germany-based fertilizer giant K+S AG (SDF-F) has signed a co-operation agreement with Sasakawa Africa Association in an effort to help farmers in Uganda.