Exploration - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

On the ground with Kobold Metals at Mingomba in Zambia

March 22, 2023March 26, 2023 Constance

Since minerals exploration and development company KoBold Metals announced it was investing $150 million in developing a copper deposit in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, the media has been abuzz about the role that “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” played in discovering what is estimated to be a reserve containing 247 million tonnes of copper with an average grade of 3.6%. Mining For Zambia sat down with the company’s co-founder and President, Josh Goldman, to get an update on the project and find out how this mystical technology works. KoBold’s innovative approach to mineral… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe exploration updates in DRC’s Western Foreland licenses

March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 Constance

Ivanhoe’s DRC exploration group is targeting Kamoa-Kakula-style copper mineralization on its Western Foreland exploration licences. The 17 licences in the Western Foreland cover a combined area of approximately 2,407 square kilometres to the north, south and west of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex. The exploration group is using models that successfully led to the discoveries of Kakula, Kakula West, and the Kamoa North Bonanza Zone on the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence. The group is composed of a mixture of the same exploration geologists responsible for these previous discoveries as well as others… Read More Here

Diamond Exploration International

36 Diamonds Recovered at Lulo kimberlite L164 and kimberlite L056 samples

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Constance

Lucapa Diamond Company and its project Lulo partners, Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, have recovered 23 diamonds from a second sample from kimberlite L164 and 13 diamonds from kimberlite L056. Lulo kimberlite bulk sample KBS/164/02, totalling 365 m3 of kimberlite material was processed through the Lulo Kimberlite Bulk Sample Plant, yielding 16.32 carats at a recovered grade of 4.47 cphm3, with the largest diamond recovered weighing 2.38 carats. This is the highest grade yet recovered from a Lulo kimberlite bulk sample and is very encouraging for an early stage, small sample.… Read More Here

Copper Exploration International

Ivanhoe Electric stock surges on Santa Cruz resource update

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Constance

Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE) has provided an updated mineral resource estimate for the Santa Cruz copper project located west of Casa Grande, Arizona, which now includes the first resource for the East Ridge deposit directly adjacent to the Santa Cruz deposit and for the Texaco deposit approximately 1.6 km to the northeast. This resource update is based on much higher cut-off grades than the 0.39% used in the December 2021 resource statement to account for the consistency and thickness of the higher-grade exotic, oxide and enriched copper domains. The resource… Read More Here

Battery Metals Exploration International

Quantum Battery Metals further Gears Up for Copper Demand

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Constance

Quantum Battery Metals Corp., a battery metals mining company, has announced plans to review property acquisition for battery metal projects and expand its focus towards copper opportunities. A projected chronic gap between worldwide copper supply and demand, beginning in the middle of this decade, is expected to have severe consequences on the global economy and impact the timing of achieving Net-Zero Emissions by 2050. Copper is crucial for all energy transition plans, but the potential supply-demand gap is anticipated to be significant as the transition progresses. Quantum is actively engaging… Read More Here

Battery Metals Exploration International

Leo Lithium’s Goulamina Resource increased to 142.3 Mt

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Constance

Leo Lithium has revealed a significant improvement to the estimated mineral resources of its Goulamina Lithium Project in Mali. A resource definition drilling campaign was undertaken in H2 2022 on pegmatite dykes in the south-west of the Goulamina Lithium Project, part of the Danaya Domain (Danaya). The recently completed assessment of drilling results and the updated MRE for Danaya has increased the Danaya MRE by 152%, from 22.3 Mt to 56.1 Mt and the total Goulamina resource base by 31% from 108.5 Mt at 1.45 % Li2O to 142.3 Mt.… Read More Here

Battery Metals Exploration International

Final Resource Drilling Results Received At Ewoyaa

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Constance

Atlantic Lithium, the funded African-focussed lithium exploration and development company targeting to deliver Ghana’s first lithium mine, has announced final assay results from the resource and exploration drilling programme completed at the Ewoyaa Lithium Project in Ghana, West Africa. On the latest progress of the company, Lennard Kolff, Interim CEO of Atlantic Lithium, commented, “We are seeing positive results as drilling continues to uncover high-grade drill intersections beyond the existing MRE (Mineral Resource Estimate).” Thes last batch of results has delivered multiple near-surface drill intersections in new pegmatites defined outside… Read More Here

Battery Metals Exploration International

Exploration Begins At Marula Mining’s Bagamoyo Project

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Constance

Marula Mining has announced that initial exploration activities at the Bagamoyo graphite project in Tanzania have commenced. This follows the announcement made on 30 November 2022, when Marula secured a 73% commercial interest from local Tanzanian company Kusini Gateway Industrial Park in 22 granted graphite mining licenses located in Tanzania. Marula Mining PLC’s CEO, Jason Brewer, stated: “I am thrilled to announce that Marula is making significant progress on its battery metals projects in Africa, which have proven to be a very promising portfolio.” “Since signing the agreement with KGIP… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe awarded new exploration rights next to Platreef project on South Africa’s Bushveld Complex

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 admin

Ivanhoe Mines has been granted three new highly prospective exploration rights covering total surface area of 80 square kilometres adjacent to the company’s Platreef project in Limpopo province, South Africa. Platreef is a palladium, rhodium, nickel, platinum, copper and gold development project that is 64% owned by Ivanhoe. A 26% interest is held by Ivanhoe’s broad-based, black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) partners, which include 20 local host communities with approximately 150,000 people, project employees and local entrepreneurs. A Japanese consortium owns the remaining 10% interest. The project hosts a thick, underground… Read More Here

Mining in Zambia Exploration

Deep-South to start soil sampling at three Zambian Copperbelt prospects

October 19, 2022October 24, 2022 admin

Copper explorer and developer Deep-South Resources is undertaking exploration work at its three newly-acquired large-scale copper exploration licences in the centre of the Zambian Copperbelt, one of the most prolific copper belts in the world. On July 6, Deep-South closed an option agreement to acquire up to an 80% undivided interest in the three licences, where it plans to undertake 3 627 geochemical soil samples with the aim to identify anomalies and define drilling targets. In addition, Deep-South filed with the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (Zema) project environmental briefs for… Read More Here