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Lithium

The explosion of the electric battery market, of which lithium is a main component, has convinced several companies and governments - Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia - to tap into their potential resources, joining Zimbabwe, the first country to produce lithium on the continent.

Botswana, Namibia
Virgo takes a chance on Kalahari and Matchless Copperbelt

Financial consultancy concern Sanlam Private Wealth is busy helping its client, the new Perth-based Virgo Resources, incorporated in May, go [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.10.2018

South Africa
Jason Brewer adds battery metal, vanadium, to his basket

Perth-based businessman Jason Brewer arrived in Johannesburg October 2 with the view to round off weeks of talks for the [...]

Free access Mining 09.10.2018

DRC
Kennesy Brouwers shores up Copperbelt presence with Minexco

With a foot already in Katangan lithium via QG Lithium, the Congolese businessman has now created Minexco to tap into the province's copper and cobalt reserves.

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

DRC
Dave Gagnon geared for speedy advance on Manono lithium

Now that Canadian firm Tantalex Resources Corp has finalised the acquisition of lithium tailings from Manono-Kitotolo in Congo-K's Tanganyika province, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Mozambique
Cherie Leeden makes progress in mining and for women

Now that she left her duties as vice president of cobalt and lithium explorer MetalsTech, the Australian geologist Cherie Leeden [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

DRC
Battery metals & blockchain, St-Georges gets in on all the latest mining trends

Australian concern Hipo Resources (formerly Black Mountain Resources, AMI 416) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Spotlight | China, DRC, United States
The kings of high-tech jostling for Katanga's mines

There is an unofficial war currently raging between American and Chinese battery, electric car and electronics manufacturers for Congo-K's reserves of lithium and cobalt, key components of these booming sectors. Although the Chinese groups have been able to snap up [.

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

DRC
China's go-to man for Katanga, Simon Cong, takes control of Musoshi copper

The Chinese businessman with connections among the highest echelons of power in Kinshasa, Cong Mao Huai, better known by his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

Namibia
Kazera Global aims to tack lithium to tantalum success

Mining junior African Tantalum hopes the latest ore samples taken at its Tantalite Valley project in Namibia will establish the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

Guinea, Ivory Coast
Ptolemy Capital, happy sponsor of Volcanic Gold

Ptolemy Capital is counting on the Australian junior's projects for a healthy return on investment.

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

Mali
Bernard Aylward's challenges to extract lithium in Bougouni

In order to launch lithium production on its Bougouni lithium project by 2020 as scheduled, geologist Bernard Aylward, CEO of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

Botswana
Who is Kalahari Metals, Metal Tiger's new local copper arm?

With its latest investment in British junior Kalahari Metals (KM), LSE-listed Metal Tiger has found itself a team of technical [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2018

Ivory Coast
Novo Litio bounces from Portuguese lithium to gold

In a move against the tide, the Australian junior has turned from battery metals to focus on gold in northern Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2018

Africa
Mired by politics in Nicaragua, Oro Verde turns to continent

Unable to access its gold projects in Nicaragua due to the political crisis that has gripped the country since April, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

Africa
DJ Carmichael drums up funds for juniors on the continent

The Australian brokerage and financial consultancy firm has a new boss at the helm to continue its drive for helping miners find funds to develop their African projects.

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

DRC
MMR determined to start local tin smelting by year end

Mining Mineral Resources (MMR), the mining arm of the conglomerate founded in Tanzania Vinmart Group, looks set to open a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.07.2018

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Investors' verve for lithium know no abounds

As Africa's only lithium producer, with better infrastructure than several of its neighbours and a wealth of hard rock deposits of the metal, the most sought-after form for battery production, Zimbabwe is fast becoming a hotbed for new investments.

Subscribers only Mining 10.07.2018

DRC
Minrom ramps up presence in Katanga mining

South African consultancy firm Minrom, which specialises in mining resource [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.07.2018

RDC
A quelles sociétés profite l'enlisement d'Inga III ?

Alors que le projet d'Inga III multiplie les déconvenues, plusieurs firmes électriques visent les clients miniers.

Subscribers only Énergies 03.07.2018

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Financier Shanthar Pathmanathan speeds up LCME's profits

To reap the benefits of high lithium prices, buoyed by the booming battery market, Australian junior Lithium Consolidated Mineral Exploration [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2018

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