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Authorities at the mines and energy ministry have issued mining licence to Toronto based company Gratomic for the company’s Aukam graphite property located 120 miles from the Port of Luderitz. The licence covers base and rare metals, industrial minerals, and precious metals and falls within the proximity of the Aukam …

World-leading autonomous solutions specialist RCT has fulfilled requests from mining clients and devised a unique warning system designed to prevent oversized equipment from getting stuck inside underground mining portals. Staff from RCT’s branch in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia were separately approached by two major mining clients in the Goldfields and asked …

Namibia Critical Metals Inc. (“Namibia Critical Metals” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NMI) announced it has reached agreements (“Debt Settlement Agreements”) with certain senior management and directors to fully settle an aggregate of $377,103 of unpaid compensation with the issuance of common shares in the Company. Pursuant to the Debt Settlement …

Minister of Finance has announced that the U-turn by the taxman to withdraw the proposal to disallow tax-deductibility of royalties for non-diamond mining companies would encourage investor confidence and economic agents to explore, produce and reinvest in Namibia.   The proposal to not allow non-diamond mining royalties to be deducted …

Organisers of Electra Mining Africa have announced that the 2020 show, due to take place from 7-11 September at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next edition of the show will be held from 5-9 September 2022 at the same …

Restoring the livelihoods of households affected by resettlement is fraught with challenges, so it is vital that mines begin the process early and carefully monitor to see what is working and what is not. According to SRK Consulting, it is only quite recently that livelihood restoration has become a focus …

MN Holdings owner and operator of Otjozondu manganese mining project in Namibia has confirmed that anticipated gross export tonnages of manganese lump ore are now up to 5 600 t a month at an average grade of about 34% manganese. The company also said Aim-listed Premier African Minerals reaffirmed the …

An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA), conducted by METS Engineering Group has indicated mineral resource of 456.9-million tonnes and a grade of 0.31% copper at Haib Copper Project in Namibia. Deep-South Resources reports that using a heap leach treatment operation, its open-pit copper project demonstrates robust economics. The inferred resource …

Set to help mine planners, designers prepare prospective regions accurately MICROMINE has expanded its suite of intuitive mine planning tools which will be available in a significant upgrade pack to be released next month, the company has revealed. The software specialist, which is a market leader in mine design and …

Namibia Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo has expressed optimism regarding the country’s energy future especially with the recently introduced reforms in the country’s renewable energy sector as well as the growing presence and entry of international oil companies into the hydrocarbons sector. Namibia, which has more than 300 days …