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BME, an Omnia Group firm, is now offering technical blasting services online, allowing the industry to gain access to skilled specialists through virtual consultations and solutions. According to D. Scott Scovira, BME’s Global Manager for Blasting Science, the service is an integral aspect of the company’s recently redesigned website. “Our …

Bannerman Resources, an ASX-listed company, has reported that the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy has extended its exclusive prospecting license 3345 until April 25, 2023. EPL 3345 is an exploration license that includes potential satellite deposit possibilities for the company’s flagship Etango uranium project, of which it owns 95%. …

Gratomic has revealed that its Windhoek facilities will be used as an office as well as lodging for the company’s Canadian executives visiting Namibia. The property in Lüderitz will also be developed into a second graphite processing and warehousing facility, according to the company. Gratomic, the owners of the Aukam …

Namibia Marine Phosphate (NMP) in a company statement announced that the high court of Namibia on Wednesday 30th June declared that NMP’s Mining Licence ML170 and the rights conferred to NMP thereunder are not affected by the findings of the court and remains valid. The legal proceedings were aimed at …

Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has questioned the objectives of a Chamber of Mines news release that incorrectly referred to a recent report titled “The Mineral Sector of Namibia: A Nuanced Overview of Selected Key Aspects.” The Johannesburg-based advocacy and research organization has responded to Namibia’s Chamber of Mines with …

Canadian company Trigon Metal announced the renewal of its mining licence for Kombat Mine earlier this month. The kombat Mine, whose mining operations ceased in 2008, due to low copper prices and a power outage that resulted in underground flooding. Trigon Metals holds an 80% interest in the Mine, located …

Oniipa constituency councillor Vilho Nuunyango has confirmed that sand mining at the Ondando village has been temporarily suspended. This has been done pending a directive from environmental commissioner Timotheus Mufeti. Nuunyango said that he and police officers from Onayena visited the pit where the businessmen extracted sand after he was …

Deep-South Resources, a TSX-V-listed explorer and developer, met with Namibia Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo and other Ministry of Mines and Energy officials on June 23 to express its displeasure with Alweendo’s rejection to extend its Haib copper license. Deep-South got a notice from the Ministry earlier this month …

Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) has announced postponed to the month-end of June, judgment on the validity of its mining licence – (ML170). The postponement is based on a review of an application brought by three fishing associations – CNFA, Hake, Midwater and a commercial fishing company, Omualu Fishing. According to …

Now that the mining licence has been renewed for 10 years, Trigon Metals is aiming to start copper production before year-end at its flagship, 80%-owned Kombat project in Namibia. “The renewal of our licence at Kombat marks a key milestone as we prepare to commence copper production by the end …