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Canyon Coal Establishes New Mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 Constance

Canyon Coal, a subsidiary of private investment company Menar, is constructing a new coal mine in Hendrina, Mpumalanga. Production is expected to start in the second half of 2023. The first phase of the Gugulethu project, on track to be completed in 8-10 months, is expected to produce 1.2 million t/y of 5 500 kc NAR coal. “We are in the development phase and have already done the tenders for the civils and the processing plant. Our mining equipment has started to arrive,” states Gugulethu Colliery GM Jarmi Steyn. Formerly… Read More Here

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Kivu Holding Mining to Construct Refinery in Goma, DRC.

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Constance

The Minister of Mines, Antoinette Nsamba Kalambayi, received in audience, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, a delegation from the mining company called Kivu Holding Mining SARL (KHM). On the menu of their exchanges, the project to build a refinery in Goma. For the delegation of Kivu Holding Mining, the lack of refinery in the eastern part of the Republic would be the basis of the repeated wars that the country is currently experiencing. “We presented to the Minister of Mines the project to build a refinery in the city of… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe Mines announces capital expenditure guidance to first production for Kamoa-Kakula

February 1, 2023February 2, 2023 Constance

Ivanhoe Mines’ President Marna Cloete and Chief Financial Officer David van Heerden announced yesterday,31.01.2023 capital expenditure (capex) guidance at Ivanhoe’s three material properties for 2023 and 2024, as well as an update on financing activities. All capital expenditure figures are presented on a 100%-project basis. Capital Expenditure Guidance 2023 & 2024 (100% basis) ($’million) Kamoa-Kakula Phase 3 expansion 2,530 Phase 2 and other expansion capital 120 Sustaining capital 260 2,910 Platreef Phase 1 initial capital 390 Phase 2 capital 100 490 Kipushi Initial capital 380 All… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe Mines announces outstanding economic results for world-leading Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 arnbethnic

Ivanhoe Mines announces outstanding economic results of updated, independent Integrated Development Plan (2023 IDP) for world-leading Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex ■ Ivanhoe’s 26-year odyssey of discovery realizes a globally significant copper complex essential for the energy transition ■ 2023 IDP consists of a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the Phase 3 and 4 expansions of Kamoa-Kakula, and a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) life-of-mine extension case ■ Phase 3 expansion, to be completed in 2024, increases Kamoa-Kakula’s annual copper production to a ten-year average of 620,000 tonnes of copper, at cash costs (C1)… Read More Here

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Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex produced 333,500 tonnes of copper in 2022

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Johannsen

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete announced today, ahead of the 2023 Future Minerals Forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produced 333,497 tonnes of copper in concentrate in 2022, achieving the upper-end of the original 2022 production guidance range of 290,000 to 340,000 tonnes. Kamoa-Kakula’s 2022 production achievement represents a year-over-year increase of 215%. The 2023 annual production guidance for Kamoa-Kakula is estimated… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe Mines promises to respond to The Sentry’s “misleading” report

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 arnbethnic

Ivanhoe Mines is writing “an official response” to what it calls “a misleading and sensationalist article” written by Geoffrey York of The Globe and Mail, dated December 15, 2022, which refers to “an equally flawed and misleading” report published by a United States-based organization, The Sentry, dated December 2022, reports the short press release of the Canadian firm “The article and report contain numerous inaccuracies, misrepresentations of Democratic Republic of the Congo law and Ivanhoe Mines business relationships, and demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the legislative framework of the Democratic… Read More Here

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Watch KoBold President Josh Goldman Announce the Company’s $150 million Mingomba Deposit Investment

December 15, 2022December 16, 2022 arnbethnic

KoBold President Josh Goldman, EMR Capital EMR Executive Chairman Owen Hegarty, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Zambian Minister for Mines and Minerals Development Paul C. Kabuswe, and His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia joined together to announce KoBold’s $150 million Mingomba Deposit investment during the Biden Administration’s 2022 African Leader’s Summit. Read More Here

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KOBOLD METALS, ZCCM-IH, EMR CAPITAL: INVESTING IN CLEAN MINERAL EXPLORATION

December 15, 2022December 16, 2022 arnbethnic

The Central African Copperbelt is host to the largest copper and cobalt resource in the world. These metals, when mined and processed sustainably, have the potential to foster job creation and economic development for Zambia. U.S.-based start-up KoBold Metals, together with its partners EMR Capital, a specialist mining private equity firm, and Zambia’s public-private mining company ZCCM-IH, are pleased to announce a $150 million investment from KoBold Metals to own, explore, and develop the Mingomba deposit and to support the Lubambe Copper Mine in Chililabombwe, Zambia. This $150 million investment is the first major… Read More Here

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TANTALEX LITHIUM ANNOUNCES IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE MANONO LITHIUM TAILINGS PROJECT

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Constance

Toronto, Ontario, December 15th, 2022 – Tantalex Lithium Resources Corp. (CSE: TTX – FSE: DW8 – OTCQB: TTLXF) (“Tantalex” or the “Corporation”), is pleased to announce a Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for its majority owned Manono Lithium Tailings project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Key Highlights MANONO TAILINGS MINERAL RESOURCE STATEMENT The Mineral Resource was estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Best Practice Guidelines and is reported in accordance with the 2014 CIM Definition Standards, which have been incorporated by reference into National Instrument… Read More Here

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KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia backed by Bill Gates & Jeff Bezos

December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 arnbethnic

KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has committed $150 million to developing the Mingomba copper-cobalt mine in Zambia, said to be the world’s highest-grade undeveloped large deposit of the orange metal. The start-up, which has Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the world’s top miner BHP (ASX:BHP) as shareholders, will use its artificial intelligence tools to process drilling data and optimize exploration for copper and cobalt at Mingomba. KoBold is buying into what will be a joint venture with the existing owners of the project – Australian… Read More Here