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18 Dec 2015

Armadale raises £420,000 to progress Mpokoto feasibility study

Following the news earlier this week that Armadale Capital has updated metallurgical work at its 80%-owned Mpokoto project in the DRC’s Katanga Province, the company has now raised £420,000 to advance the project through to the completion of a feasibility study by the end of the year. The company placed 14.0 million new shares at […]

16 Dec 2015

Rio gets funding for Oyu Tolgoi underground copper mine, in Mongolia

The Oyu Tolgoi joint venture, in which Rio Tinto owns 34%, has signed a US$4.4 billion project financing agreement to develop the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold underground mine, in Mongolia. The mine has been producing copper concentrates (with gold included) since 2013 from an open pit, which was developed at a cost of US$6.4 billion. All […]

15 Dec 2015

Hummingbird Resources declares maiden gold reserve in Mali

Hummingbird Resources plc has declared a maiden reserve at its 85%-owned, Yanfolila gold project, in Mali. The reserve (100% basis) is 6.82 Mt at a grade of 3.03 g/t for 666 koz of gold contained, which represents a 20% increase from the in-pit resources in an optimisation study published in June this year. 100% of […]

14 Dec 2015

Armadale confirms processing route for Mpokoto oxides; feasibility imminent

Armadale Capital has updated metallurgical work at its 80%-owned Mpokoto project in the DRC’s Katanga Province, which has confirmed the proposed two-phase processing route to recover gold from the oxide ores initially, with a further second phase to treat the transition and fresh rock. Metallurgical testwork on two bulk samples of oxide ore has confirmed […]

14 Dec 2015

Armadale confirms processing route for Mpokoto oxides; feasibility imminent

Armadale Capital has updated metallurgical work at its 80%-owned Mpokoto project in the DRC’s Katanga Province, which has confirmed the proposed two-phase processing route to recover gold from the oxide ores initially, with a further second phase to treat the transition and fresh rock. Metallurgical testwork on two bulk samples of oxide ore has confirmed […]

11 Dec 2015

Glencore outlines plans for dealing with lower price environment

Multi-commodity mining giant, Glencore, yesterday briefed investors on its preparedness for a lower price environment. The company has reduced 2015 capex from US$6 billion to US$5.7 billion, and expects to reduce 2016 capex to US$3.8 billion. For its main mineral products it expects low cost profiles of US$1.10/lb copper, US$0.33/lb zinc, US$2.95/lb nickel and US$39/t […]

10 Dec 2015

Dalradian reports good values and continuity in expanded infill drilling at Curraghinalt: DALR

Dalradian Resources has reported good infill drilling results from a programme designed to convert Inferred resources to Indicated at its 100%-owned Curraghinalt gold project, in Northern Ireland. Highlights include 2.53 m at a grade of 10.82 g/t gold from the Mullan vein; 2.01 m at a grade of 33.52 g/t gold from the Slap Shot […]

09 Dec 2015

Gold mining costs lowest since 2011 but margins shrink – Metals Focus

UK-based precious metal consultancy group, Metals Focus, reports that global gold mining total cash costs (TCC) have fallen to their lowest level since 2011 but despite this the basic producer margin (gold price less total cash cost) is at the lowest level since the Metals Focus series began in 2010. In the Q3 2015, TCC […]