North Atlantic readies for estimate on southern Mali property
A drill campaign by North Atlantic Resources (NAC-T) has wound up at the FT property package in southern Mali, and …
Africa
South Deep production halved for up to a year (May 29, 2006)
After a recent accident that could halve production from Johannesburg-listed Western Areas’ (WARSF-O) 50%-owned South Deep gold mine in South Africa for up to a year, the company plans to sell shares…
Great Basin heats up Burnstone
Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) plans to immediately get the permitting ball rolling after a recent feasibility study concluded that a 1.5-million-tonne per year underground mine could be supported at…
Nevsun ships gold from Tabakoto
Vancouver — The first shipment of gold produced from the commissioning phase of the Tabakoto open-pit mine in Mali, West Africa, has elevated Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) to the ranks of junior gold prod…
Anvil to go ahead at Kinsevere
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has approved a US$35 million stage one development of the Kinsevere copper and cobalt d…
SouthernEra expands in the DRC
SouthernEra Diamonds (SDM-T, SRE-L) is upping its presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by taking a 74…
Kalukundi looks good on paper
Another Congolese copper project has received a positive feasibility study, this time the Kalukundi deposit in …
PGM supplies to continue upswing: GFMS
Facts ‘N’ Figures…
Prefeasibility gives Passendro thumbs-up
A prefeasibility study for Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O) on the Passendro gold project in the Central African Republic says a 200,000-oz.-per-year gold mine would be profitable….
Gold Fields up Western Areas stake
With shares soured after a recent accident at the South Deep mine in South Africa, Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) has b…
Great Basin advances Burnstone
Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) plans to immediately get the permitting ball rolling after a recently completed fea…
Kansanshi hits the sweet spot
Production from the Kansanshi copper mine in the North-Western Province of Zambia has come along just in time for F…