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Bushfires, rains dampen Australian first quarter gold output to 75 t
8th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia’s gold output reduced to 75 t in the quarter ended March 31, owing to rain and bushfires in Western Australia. This compares to gold mine production of 73 t in the same quarter last year. Gold experts Surbiton Associates estimates the 75... 


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Canadian critical metals explorer Nine Mile Metals starts trading in US
Updated 6 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada- and Frankfurt-listed critical minerals mining company Nine Mile Metals, with four projects in the world-famous Bathurst Mining Camp district in New Brunswick, Canada, has started trading on... 


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Mexican silver explorer Sinda files to list on NYSE
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

A silver exploration and development company with mining projects in Mexico, Sinda, has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial... 


Molly gold project location relative to other gold projects in Brazil
Explorer Jangada starts new drilling in underexplored Brazilian district to test extensions
Updated 6 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

UK-headquartered gold explorer Jangada Mines has started Phase 2 drilling at the Molly gold project, in Brazil. A ten-hole 1 100 m drill programme is testing high-grade mineralisation at the... 


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Capital pool company Galaxy nears finality on TruSilver Metals takeover
8th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed capital pool company Galaxy Ventures has entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement with TruSilver Metals Corporation, which will result in Galaxy owning all of TruSilver's... 


Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis.
Tharisa launches ADR programme
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

London- and Johannesburg-listed mining, metals and innovation company Tharisa has established a Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme, with JP Morgan appointed as the depositary bank,... 


The Ambatovy mine site
Sumitomo finances Ambatovy stake sale to exit project, sources say
Updated 2 hours 8 minutes ago By: Reuters

Sumitomo Corp provided financing to the buyers of its 54% stake in Madagascar's Ambatovy nickel operation, smoothing its exit from the loss-making project, three sources familiar with the matter... 


Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy president Gary Lane.
Green hydrogen seen as having potential to trigger new green industrialisation
Updated 2 hours 29 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

Green hydrogen, which is produced with the help of platinum group metals (PGMs), could become the catalyst for new green iron, green steel, green chemicals and beneficiation industries built on... 


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Cora Gold targets deep drilling push to expand West African resource base
Updated 2 hours 33 minutes ago By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Gold exploration and development company Cora Gold has outlined a more than 12 000 m reverse circulation and diamond drilling programme at its Sanankoro gold project, in Mali, targeting both... 


Total Graphite initiates portfolio optimisation in Madagascar
Total Graphite initiates portfolio optimisation in Madagascar
Updated 2 hours 36 minutes ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Total Graphite has initiated a graphite portfolio optimisation programme for its Madagascar operations and will evaluate the options available to accelerate development and maximise... 


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Minerals Council warns of structural challenges in the electricity system
Updated 2 hours 37 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The electricity data for April and May reflect a system that is operationally more stable, yet structurally under strain, industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa highlights.... 


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Pensana continues to progress Longonjo mine construction
Updated 4 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Pensana has achieved progress on construction of the Longonjo mine, in Angola. The $250-million development is on target and on budget for first mixed rare earth carbonite (MREC)... 


Standard Bank Mozambique CEO Bernardo Aparício
Standard Bank outlines macroeconomic spinoffs from $30bn Rovuma LNG project
Updated 6 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

Standard Bank has published a bullish macroeconomic assessment of the giant Rovuma liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, which has been described as the largest commercial... 


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Omnia delivers strong performance in challenging period
Updated 6 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Omnia achieved a strong performance for the financial year ended March 31, with its diversified business model and execution in its Agriculture and Mining segments enabling it to weather... 


Ore recovered from the Klein Aub mine in Namibia
UMR notes progress at Namibia copper project, despite delay in concluding legal documents
8th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Unicorn Mineral Resources (UMR) expects to sign legal documentation for its acquisition of a controlling stake in the Klein Aub copper mine, in Namibia, along with 5.6-million tonnes... 


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Neo Energy Metals suspends CFO to investigate alleged misconduct
8th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa-focused uranium and gold company Neo Energy Metals has suspended CFO De Wet Schutte while it investigates allegations of misconduct, which it stresses are not  in respect to any... 


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Results underpin Kieshöhe’s potential as major rare earth discovery – Kendrick
5th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

An initial assessment has confirmed that Kieshöhe has the potential to emerge as a major rare earth discovery alongside London-listed Kendrick Resources’ flagship Teufelskuppe project within the... 


Zululand Energy Terminal director Oliver Naidu
Eskom signs agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal as it seeks to advance 3 GW Richards Bay gas-fired power project
5th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has signed heads of agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal (ZET) with the intention of becoming the ‘foundation customer’ for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that ZET intends... 


Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan Green Hydrogen Programme Management Office director Dr Rebecca Maserumule.
South African green hydrogen first-movers given major boost
5th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Enticing support for first movers into green hydrogen project development is on offer via a first-of-a-kind government-led framework designed to assess the readiness and bankability of green... 


Top iron-ore miners seek Canberra's help in price fight with China
5th June 2026 By: Reuters

Major miners and their lobbyists have asked Canberra for help in pushing back against China's efforts to extract better terms for their iron-ore, including raising the prospect of a single selling... 


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Silver X buys out Peru-based gold project from Barrick
5th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Silver X Mining Corporation has secured 100% ownership of the Ccasahuasi gold project, in Peru, from Barrick Mining Corporation, which now consolidates full ownership of the 42 303 oz... 


Geological mapping at the Zeb project
URU ground survey refines additional targets at South African nickel project
5th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed URU Metals has provided a further update from the recently completed ground geophysics programme at its Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa. Following the confirmation of Target... 


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Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
Magazine round up | 05 June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

LITHIUM EXTRACTION: Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’ Novandino Litio partnership set its latest projection after wrapping up design work on a project to introduce more direct ways to recover lithium from brine under the Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The venture plans to submit an environmental impact study to regulators in June. Photograph: Bloomberg
LITHIUM EXTRACTION:

Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’... 

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Deviant financial behaviour must be ruthlessly rooted out

Deeply infuriating is the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure of a very large number of South Africa’s municipalities. National Treasury’s steps to reform the local... 

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Virtue of necessity

Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the finalisation of a new draft of the national AI policy.... 

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Darryn Jacobs, MD of SkyJacks
Darryn Jacobs

This week we profile Darryn Jacobs, MD of SkyJacks, which offers a range of access and lifting equipment and related services  

IN A VICE GRIP: Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of road markings, as well as working streetlights and traffic lights. Eskom’s warning that it could interrupt power owing to the City of Johannesburg’s payment delinquency is unlikely to materialise. Nevertheless, the threat itself reinforced just how poorly South Africa’s economic hub is being governed.
IN A VICE GRIP:

Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of... 

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