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Australia-listed Mali Lithium has appointed Lycopodium Minerals Pty Ltd to complete the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Goulamina lithium project, in Mali. A July 2018 prefeasibility study on Goulamina outlined an open-pit hard rock mining operation with a 2 Mt/y concentrating plant. The project was scoped to produce 362,000 t/y of 6% Li2O spodumene[…]

Jaylon Environmental Systems is to supply and install the evaporation pond liner at Kalium Lakes’ Beyondie sulphate of potash project (BSOPP), in Western Australia, as part of a contract agreed between the two parties. The contract includes the supply, management of delivery and installation of 1 mm HDPE liner covering a total evaporation area of[…]

Boss Resources says it has appointed GR Engineering Services Limited (GRES) as the engineering and lead study consultant for its Honeymoon uranium project definitive feasibility study (DFS). GRES will quickly ramp up the DFS work programs, due to the significant package of advanced technical work Boss has completed since it obtained the Honeymoon uranium project[…]

Fortescue Metals Group says it has officially broken ground on the Eliwana iron ore mine and rail project in the Pilbara of Western Australia. FMG Founder and Chairman, Andrew Forrest, was today joined by Mark McGowan, Premier of Western Australia, FMG CEO, Elizabeth Gaines, and the company’s core leadership team, for the official sod turning.[…]

Gold Road Resources and Gold Fields have announced the first gold bar pour from the jointly-owned Gruyere gold project in Western Australia. The three doŕe gold bars totalling an estimated 1,139 oz were produced from the carbon‐in‐leach (CIL) and elution circuits, with the inaugural pour in line with the June quarter estimates. The companies noted[…]

Lundin Gold says it has begun mining its first production stope at the Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador, with  commissioning of the process plant set to begin in the September quarter of this year. Ron Hochstein, Lundin Gold’s President and CEO, said the latest news marked another important milestone for the project. “At[…]

First Quantum Minerals says the first shipment of copper concentrate from its Cobre Panama mine, in Panama, has left port, marking a significant milestone of the ongoing ramp-up of the operation. Cobre Panama is the company’s newest operation located in the district of Donoso, Colon province, which commenced production earlier in the year. The Missy[…]

Torex Gold Resources has announced a maiden underground reserve for the El Limón Deep zone (ELD) at its El Limón Guajes mining complex (ELG), in southwest Mexico, and revealed plans to mine it with its newest innovation, the Muckahi system. The probable mineral reserve at ELD contains 86,000 oz of gold in 487,000 t of[…]

SL Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerald Group, has announced the first shipment of iron ore concentrate, branded ‘Marampa Blue’, set sail on MV Cooper from Freetown Port (Queen Elizabeth II) in Sierra Leone on June 16. The loading of over 55,000 t of high grade >65% Fe concentrate was completed on June 16,[…]

Avesoro Resources Inc, the TSX and AIM listed West African gold producer, has announced that, subsequent to its announcement of June 12, 2019, negotiations have now successfully concluded between the company’s proposed open pit mining contractor, Orkun Group Sarl and former employees of the company’s open pit mining department. Both the open pit mining and[…]