Mining

The projects comprise 14 exploration licences covering a total area of 653 sq km.

BHP and Hatch have signed an agreement to design an electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant in support of a decision to construct the facility in Australia.

Greg Pitt, VP Battery Materials – Growth, Worley, outlines how, to keep the energy transition on track, battery supply chain production needs to be expanded in new and creative ways.

The update includes positive geochemical survey results and plans for an expanded Leinster lithium project drill programme.

Steady operational performance and improved cost outlook is expected for 2023.

Gold production guidance for 2023 from Kiziltepe is expected to be c. 18 000 ounces of gold, more than twice the production levels estimated in the feasibility plan for this approximate stage of mine life.

Caterpillar is set to participate in the AusIMM Underground Operators Conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia, on 27 – 29 March 2023.

Cummins Inc. has showcased its new fuel-agnostic 15 l engine platform with hydrogen, natural gas and advanced diesel engines, offering low-to-zero carbon fuel capability.

Akobo Minerals AB, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, has announced the start of core drilling on a new target at Gindibab.

The company has announced that the results from its scout drilling programme at the Cerro Chinchillon prospect area in San Lorenzo confirm the discovery of a large intrusive-related copper-gold mineralised system.

Atlantic Lithium, the funded African-focussed lithium exploration and development company targeting to deliver Ghana’s first lithium mine, has announced the commencement of auger drilling at the Ewoyaa Lithium Project.

Maple Gold Mines Ltd. has provided an update on ongoing exploration activities at its 100%-controlled Eagle Mine Property, located in Québec, Canada.

Taken together, the 39 sites produce more than 25% of globally mined copper, marking significant progress in the Copper Mark’s mission to promote responsible business and sustainable production standards throughout the copper and wider metals industries.

Total development at Havieron surpasses 1850 m. Drilling intercepts significant zones of gold and copper mineralisation.

4.43% Cu and 3.11% Cu from brecciated vein samples from geological work completed on the Company's Jebilet Est Project in Morocco.