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21 Oct 2016

Production ramp-up for Firestone Diamonds

Firestone Diamonds (FDI-LN), The company recovers its first diamonds from the Liqhobong Diamond mine in Lesotho, owned 75% by Firestone and 25% by the Government of Lesotho. Initial recoveries are as expected and confirm presence of fancy yellow diamonds. Commissioning is 96% complete. Waste stripping is on target and ramp-up to commercial production has commenced. […]

21 Oct 2016

Jubilee Platinum Q3 2016 revenue for chromite production up 94.73% over Q2

Jubilee Platinum (JLP-LN) Q3 2016 chromite concentrate production from the Dilokong Chrome mine (DCM) tailings project was 28,559 tons an increase of 88.04% from Q2, 2016. The revenue generated from chromite concentrate sales increased 108.22% to £2.09m over Q2, 2016. Chromite project earnings were up 108.13% to £1.55m over Q2. Earnings attributable to Jubilee, for […]

20 Oct 2016

South32 Q1 2017 Coal Output down 32% from Q4 2016

South32 (S32.L) Q1 2017 results impacted by metallurgical coal production at Illawarra. Challenging geological conditions encountered at Appin Area 9 and 7 caused a decrease is saleable production by 26% (646kt) to 1.4Mt. Coal sales of 9.3Mt now expected in FY17 as the operation has recovered and finished good inventory has been reduced by 300kt. […]

18 Oct 2016

Kefi Minerals expects production at Tulu Kapi in mid-2018

Kefi Minerals has received a Front End Engineering and Design proposal for US$68 million from Lycopodium for the EPC contract to build a mine at its 95%-owned Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethiopia. Including contingencies and provisions for non-Tulu Kapi costs, the total capital estimate for the project has been increased to approximately US$150-160m. The […]

17 Oct 2016

Wolf Minerals close to completing funding solution

Wolf Minerals expects to complete discussions with its lenders and major shareholder, RCF, on funding arrangements to support the ramp up towards commercial production and design performance at the Drakelands open pit tungsten/tin mine by 21 October 2016. Once the agreements are complete, the company will release its annual report to 30 June 2016. In […]

12 Oct 2016

Ariana Resources, Phase One drilling shows significant mineralisation

Phase One drilling results from the Arzu Central target area at Kiziltepe, reveals continuity of mineralisation for at least a further 200m beyond the northern end of the current Arzu South pit and vein system appears to be increasing in width; says Dr. Kerim Sener. The initial round of drilling indicates significant mineralisation occurs within […]

12 Oct 2016

Fresnillo on track to produce 49-51Moz of silver in 2016

Fresnillo plc, the world’s largest silver miner, produced 37.0Moz of silver in the first nine months of 2016, 6.3% higher than the corresponding period in 2015, with the start-up of San Julián, increased volumes at Saucito II and higher ore grade at Ciénega and Fresnillo. Q3 production came in at 11.8Moz, 6.7% up on Q3 […]

11 Oct 2016

Atalaya Mining – Q3 copper production up 97% over Q2.

Atalaya Mining PLC (ATYM:AIM; AYM:TSX) Focused on ramping up production to 9.5Mtpa, to achieve nameplate capacity by the end of 2016. Completed a US$14M copper concetrate prepayment agreement with Transamine Trading S.A. The company is working on additional, alternative funding solutions to improve working capital for final phase of ramp-up; capex for H1 was €17.1M. Q3 2016 […]