May 28, 2012

Aquarius Platinum reassures investors over Mimosa mine in Zimbabwe

Aquarius Platinum said its Mimosa mine has not been affected by the recent directive from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe regarding the suspension of banking services for certain mining companies.

May 28, 2012

Helio Resource reports exploration update on the DGP Gold Project, Namibia

Helio Resource Corp. (TSX-V: HRC) is pleased to provide an update of the recent drilling conducted at the Gold Kop Target and also to report the results of a second-phase…

May 27, 2012

Bodies of 10 illegal diamond miners recovered in South Africa

The bodies of 10 illegal miners were pulled from a collapsed tunnel at a disused diamond mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province De Beers announced late on Saturday.

May 25, 2012

Forsys Metals plans bigger Namibia uranium mine

Canada's Forsys Metals Corp says it may be able to boost its uranium reserves in Namibia by 30 percent as it consolidates its two projects in the southern African nation…

May 25, 2012

Sunridge Gold files technical report for Gupo gold resource, Asmara Project, Eritrea

Sunridge Gold Corp. (SGC:TSX.V/SGCNF:OTCQX) has today filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report regarding the new resource estimate for the Gupo Gold deposit, the fourth deposit that forms the…

May 25, 2012

South African seminar “Mining for Change” is all about sustainability

The critical issue of sustainability in South African mining will be the core topic of the first seminar in a series of four to be hosted by Mining for Change…

May 25, 2012

Lazare Kaplan lauches social initiative to encourage education in Africa

US-based diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) has launched a new social initiative, The Lazare Ongoma Initiative (LOI), which aims involve retailers in supporting education in…

May 25, 2012

Impala Platinum faces potential halt to Zimplats operations due to differences with Zimbabwe’s government

Zimbabwe's central bank threatened to freeze Impala Platinum's local account and ordered local banks to halt managing any of the company’s exports because it has “failed to comply with an…

May 24, 2012

Rescue of trapped miners suspended

An attempt to rescue two illegal miners trapped in a disused gold mine in Johannesburg has been suspended until Friday because of safety concerns, emergency workers said.

May 24, 2012

First, do good when mining for gold: Benoit La Salle

Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold…