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Northern Star's KCGM 'Super Pit' mine
Gold major Northern Star rejects new investor proposal to sell the company
10th June 2026 By: Bloomberg

Australia’s biggest gold miner Northern Star Resources has rejected a proposal by activist investor Elliott Investment Management to sell off some of its smaller assets or seek to sell itself to a bigger miner. Elliott, which recently acquired a... 


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E3 Lithium's field pilot plant at Clearwater project
Canadian lithium developer E3 secures $36m fed funding for Cleawater demo plant, feasibility study
10th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian lithium developer E3 Lithium has met all the conditions required to receive Canadian federal government funding worth $36-million to advance Phase 3 of Clearwater project's demonstration... 


Rare earth material in hand
Rare Element Resources gains clear permit timeline, but hits delays with demo plant
Updated 6 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Vancouver-headquartered rare earths developer Rare Element Resources expects to have all federal and State permitting and licensing requirements completed for the Bear Lodge rare earths project, in... 


Silica sands
Canadian silica, gold explorer Argyle announces two offerings to raise $1.2m
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada-listed silica, gold and silver explorer Argyle Resources Corporation has announced it will undertake a non-brokered private placement to raise up to $620 000 from the issue of 2.7-million... 


Molten copper
BMI expects mining to become more decarbonised and competitive by 2050
Updated 7 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

Market research firm BMI expects decarbonisation to move to the top of the mining sector's agenda, that AI will become a foundational feature of the global metals and mining sector, that structural... 


Pre-concentration plant works at South Crofty
Cornish reports progress on multiple South Crofty workstreams ahead of mid-2028 start
10th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed tin developer Cornish Metals is making swift progress toward starting commercial production at the South Crofty project in Cornwall, UK, by mid-2028. Cornish is actively refurbishing... 


Rare earths
Aclara garners enviro approval for Penco Module rare earths project in Chile
9th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed rare earths developer Aclara Resources has been granted an environmental qualification resoluton for its approval for its Penco Module ionic clay rare earth project, in Chile. Having... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
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This week: South Africa can become strong value-add minerals player again, PyroFuZA points out and, Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals 


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Frontier Rare Earths CEO James Kenny.
South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba
Updated 4 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

The Zandkopsdrift rare earths project in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape was highlighted on day two of the Junior Indaba, which also learnt of the rapid forward momentum of West Wits Mining’s... 


Caledonia CEO Mark Learmonth
High-grade drill results demonstrate potential to extend Bilboes mine life
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Caledonia Mining says results from its 2025 exploration programme at the Motapa exploration property, in Zimbabwe, demonstrate the presence of significant gold mineralisation across... 


Akobo’s Ethiopian operations normalise following fuel supply disruptions
Akobo’s Ethiopian operations normalise following fuel supply disruptions
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Following the fuel supply disruptions that temporarily impacted its Ethiopia operations during April, gold producer Akobo Minerals says key activities progressively resumed during May as diesel... 


Ore recovered from the Marenica project
Marenica project's mineral resource increases to 52.8Mlbs
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant mineral resource estimate for ASX-listed Elevate Uranium's Marenica project, in Namibia, has increased by 12.6-million pounds of triruranium octoxide to... 


The Finsch mine
BRPs take custodianship of Petra's Finsch mine
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Business rescue practitioners (BRPs) Daniel Theodorus van Jaarsveld and Luke Bernard Saffy have taken over the custodianship of London-listed Petra Diamonds' Finsch mine, in South Africa, and will... 


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Shuka Minerals completes third drill hole at Zambia zinc mine
10th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Shuka Minerals has successfully completed the third drill hole – KBDD03 – at the Number 2 orebody at its Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia. The third diamond drill hole was planned at 65° at a... 


Askari reports ‘outstanding’ K9 trenching results at Namibia project
Askari reports ‘outstanding’ K9 trenching results at Namibia project
10th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Askari Metals has reported “outstanding” Phase I trenching assay results from the K9 pegmatite target at its 100%-owned Uis project, in Namibia, further underscoring the project’s... 


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Anglo American senior VP corporate affairs South Africa Nevashnee Naicker.
Strong exploration system essential to mining’s future, Junior Indaba points out
9th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

A strong and vibrant exploration system is essential to the future of the mining sector, and to advancing transformation, inclusion, and long-term growth in South Africa. In spelling this out at... 


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South Africa proposes extending auto incentives to battery materials
9th June 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The... 


A mine in Mali
Mali gold revenue rises 6.4% in 2025 despite production decline
9th June 2026 By: Reuters

Gold mining companies operating in Mali paid the state a record 888.5-billion CFA francs ($1.57-billion) in 2025, up 6.4% from 835.1 billion CFA francs the year before, as record gold prices offset... 


Eskom group executive for renewables Rivoningo Mnisi
Eskom Green gears up to select private partners for initial 2 GW renewables pipeline
9th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom Green, which has now been officially launched, reports that it intends implementing an initial 2 GW pipeline of advanced utility-scale renewables projects in partnership with private... 


Ongwe Minerals discovers new multikilometre gold anomaly in Namibia
Ongwe Minerals discovers new multikilometre gold anomaly in Namibia
9th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-V-listed Ongwe Minerals has reported the discovery of a new multikilometre gold anomaly at its Omatjete gold project, in Namibia. The new Nguni surface gold discovery is located 17 km from... 


PhosCo eyes more inventory growth with another discovery
PhosCo eyes more inventory growth with another discovery
9th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed PhosCo has made another discovery at its Gasaat phosphate project, in Tunisia, with drilling having intersected thick, shallow phosphate mineralisation at the KH prospect, just 3.5 km... 


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Minerals Council to engage dtic on beneficiation element of new industrial development strategy
9th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa says it will engage the government on its Industrial Development Strategy 2026 released by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition... 


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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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