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TANTALEX COMMENCES DRILLING ON HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE PEGMATITE CORRIDOR IN MANONO, DRC 1

Tantalex is pleased to announce that its 70% owned DRC subsidiary United Cominiere SAS has started exploration drilling on the Pegmatite Corridor which is immediately downstrike from the world’s largest undeveloped hard rock lithium resource. Blue Sky Lithium Discovery Potential The TiTan project The Company would also like to update it’s shareholders on the progress of the TiTan plant construction which remains on schedule for a start of operations in March 2023. The access road upgrade between Manono and the Titan plant location has been completed and the teams are… Read More Here

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ERG and Gécamines restart operations at Boss Mining in the DRC

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 arnbethnic

The phased restart of Boss Mining will commence with the processing of the historically mined Kiwana fines at its Luita concession, paving the way for further development Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and its joint-venture partner, La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines), celebrated the kick-off of the restart of operations at Boss Mining with a ceremony held at its concession on 23 November 2022. Boss Mining, located in the Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has a long history of copper and cobalt… Read More Here

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TDB, syndicated banks join hands with Trafigura to develop DRC mines

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 arnbethnic

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), acting as mandated lead arranger, has closed a syndicated $600-million copper and cobalt development financing facility with commodity trading company Trafigura to advance responsible copper and cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This follows after Trafigura concluded an initial $600-million financing agreement with Chemaf Resources and Chemaf SA, a leading vertically integrated copper and cobalt producer in the DRC. Trafigura subsequently invited other financial institutions to patriciate in a secondary syndicated transaction, with TDB as the lead arranger. The facility will contribute substantial economic value and social impact for… Read More Here

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BEMETALS DEFINES PRIORITY COPPER TARGETS AND COMMENCES CORE DRILLING AT PANGENI COPPER PROJECT

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 arnbethnic

BeMetals Corp. (TSXV: BMET, OTCQB: BMTLF, Frankfurt: 1OI.F) is pleased to announce the completion of its 2022 aircore campaign, the definition of copper targets and commencement of core drilling at the Pangeni Copper Project (Pangeni” or the “Project” or the “Property”). The Project is located on the western extension of the prolific Central African Copperbelt in Zambia (the “Zambian Copperbelt”). HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMPLETED AIRCORE PROGRAM AND CORE DRILLING TARGETS: Note: Intertek Genalysis completed this previously reported analytical work of the intervals above with the core samples processed at their preparation facility in Kitwe,… Read More Here

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Kamoa Copper’s journey to being one of the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of copper produced

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Copperbelt Katanga News

The United Nations’ annual COP27 climate change conference is already well underway in Egypt and the topic of developing and deploying low-carbon technologies, which are critical for the world to achieve its net-zero targets, is high on the agenda. Because the deployment of low-carbon technologies relies heavily on minerals, the mining sector is critical in the fight against climate change. Africa, a continent rich in minerals, will play a leading role in the supply of key minerals such as copper, cobalt and platinum group metals. These minerals are critical for… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe Mines third quarter 2022 financial results, plus review of mine construction and exploration activities in DRC

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Copperbelt Katanga News

Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) President Marna Cloete and Chief Financial Officer David van Heerden are pleased to present the company’s financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company developing and operating its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa: expanding the operations of the world-class Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); building the tier-one Platreef palladium, rhodium, nickel, platinum, copper and gold development in South Africa; restarting the historic, ultra-high-grade Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium… Read More Here

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DRC Govt. Endorses New Licence Applications by Congo Ressources SAU

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022 arnbethnic

AJN Resources Inc. (CSE: AJN) (FSE: 5AT) is pleased to announce that further to the Company’s news releases of February 8th and April 19th, 2022, and pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (the “MoU”) between the Company and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC” or the “State”) announced on February 8th, 2022, which was endorsed by the State as announced on April 19th, 2022, the State has now authorized the Cadastre Minier RDC (DRC Mining Register) (“CAMI”) to accept 22 new applications for exploration permits, which… Read More Here

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Kamoa-Kakula produced 33,379 tonnes of filtered copper in concentrate in October 2022

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 arnbethnic

KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun are pleased to announce today that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo produced 33,379 tonnes of filtered copper in concentrate during the month of October. At the end of October, there was an additional 5,786 tonnes of floated, but not yet filtered, copper in inventory. This marks the second month in a row that floated and filtered copper production from the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex has exceeded 400,000… Read More Here

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HH COMMISSIONS MANGANESE MINE IN ZAMBIA

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Copperbelt Katanga News1 Comment

President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has commissioned the Luongo Manganese Mine in Chipili District of Luapula Province. Luongo Manganese Mine has over 40 million tonnes of ore and is projected to last for 20 years. The mine has been developed by Mineral Geologist SIXTUS MULENGA through his exploration company MUSAMU Resources. Speaking when he commissioned the mine, President HICHILEMA said the development of Luongo Manganese Mine is a milestone as it has shown that Zambians can set up and run mines in the country. President HICHILEMA said government will support the mine… Read More Here

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Tenke Fungurume and Kamoa-Kakula in the Top 10 most valuable mines in the world

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 arnbethnic1 Comment

The mining industry relies on a relatively small number of giant deposits to fuel its growth – and new discoveries of this nature are rare. Using data from Miningintelligence, MINING.COM has compiled a ranking of the world’s 10 richest working and precious metal base mines by calculating the overall value of mineral resources based on prevailing prices. On this list, we discover two mines located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, namely Tenke Fungurume which is in 7th place and Kamoa-Kakula which is in 9th place. The discovery of Tenke Fungurume… Read More Here