Exploration & development

Gold Fields Ltd announces plans to carry out further restructuring at its South Deep operation in South Africa.

A brief submitted by CMIF details seven policy areas where collaboration and action by federal, provincial and territorial governments can boost Canada’s ability to attract new mineral investment.

Lake Resources is set to begin drilling operations at the Cauchari project, which adjoins to the proven 14.8 million t LCE world-class lithium brine project.

Perseus Mining Ltd provides an update on its recent exploration activities at its Sissingué and Yaouré properties on the Ivory Coast, with a key highlight being the identification of potential to increase mineral resources at Yaouré.

NETL researchers have discovered that the extraction of rare earths from underclay deposits shows great promise as a new way of securing a domestic supply.

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (Rubicon) has begun processing the bulk sample mineralised material extracted from test mining activities at the Phoenix Gold Project.

Corporate governance authorised the optimisation of the mine’s design, which initially considered four levels of depth, and that now, after the reformulation, will be only three.

It is anticipated that an additional 13 drill holes will be completed as part of the first phase of the 2018 campaign.

Constructed for rotary or down the hole drilling, the DR412i can guarantee reliability while bringing a new level of safety and productivity to any mining operation.

For every direct job in the resources sector across Queensland another six full time jobs are supported indirectly, reports QRC.

On Monday, state-owned potash producer Belaruskali began maintenance at its fourth muriate of potash (MOP) mine.

Rio Tinto achieves strong set of results for first half of 2018 including US$7.2 billion of returns to shareholders.

The Manono lithium project in the Democratic Republic of Congo is estimated to contain 4.25 million t of lithium oxide, 219 000 t of tin as cassiterite and 11 200 t of tantalite.

The funds will be invested in detailed engineering work on key elements of the project, the development of a rail construction camp and the first stage of the Koodaideri accommodation camp.

McEwen Mining Inc. has reported a 45% increase in gold equivalent ounces (GEOs) in its second quarter results for the period ended 30 June 2018.