Shanta Gold’s declaration of commercial production at Singida was a textbook commissioning performance, according to house broker Liberum.
Turning the key on a new mine is always a nervous time, added the broker, but Singida has performed with flying colours, delivering commercial production within weeks of first gold pour on 30 March 2023.
BHP Group Ltd (LSE:BHP, ASX:BHP) underpaid current and former workers across Australia for 13 years, a review by the firm showed.
The Australian mining giant found that around 28,500 employees received less holiday than they were entitled to, while 400 workers did not get additional allowances "due to an error with the employment entity".
Panthera Resources PLC (AIM:PAT) said it has granted litigation funding specialist LCM a further extension until 30 June to allow it to complete due diligence.
The miner is pursuing the Indian government for alleged breaches of its obligations under the Australia-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Atlantic Lithium Limited (AIM:ALL, OTCQX:ALLIF, ASX:A11) said Keith Muller, its recently appointed CEO, and Patrick Brindle will both join the Africa-focussed lithium mining company’s board of directors.
Muller was appointed CEO on 16 May 2023, having joined last November as COO, and has over 20 years of experience in hard rock lithium mining and processing, according to a statement.
Shanta Gold Limited (AIM:SHG, OTC:SAAGF) has declared commercial production at its new Singida gold mine in Tanzania effective from today, 1 June 2023.
Eric Zurrin, chief executive, said the move followed a rapid ramp-up after the first gold pour, with the mine achieving 30 consecutive days of mill throughput exceeding 95% of nominal nameplate capacity of 1,000 tonnes per day.
Greatland Gold PLC (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF) said Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX:NCM) has exercised its option to take over management of the Juri joint venture in the Paterson region of Western Australia.
Under the terms of the farm-in and joint venture agreement for Juri, Newcrest could elect to become the manager at any time following an initial period.
Thor Explorations Ltd (TSX-V:THX, AIM:THX, OTC:THXPF) said it has acquired a “significant tenure” in Nigeria that covers lithium-bearing pegmatite deposits and a large unexplored prospective pegmatite-rich belt.
The West Africa-focussed minerals exploration and mining company added it secured the 600km2 of tenure through its subsidiary, Newstar Minerals.
Anglo Asian Mining PLC (AIM:AAZ, OTC:AGXKF) told investors that the latest drill results from the Gilar deposit in Azerbaijan have confirmed an extension to the mineralisation that was previously reported, following earlier drilling.
Highlight assays from the latest batch included a 51-metre (m) continuous intersection of gold and copper mineralisation, the company noted, with an average grade of 1.9 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, 1.4% copper and 0.5% zinc.
Wishbone Gold PLC (AIM:WSBN, AQSE:WSBN) has got the go-ahead from the government for a co-funded drill programme at the Cottesloe project in Western Australia.
The planned drill programme will be part of a flagship Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) which Wishbone highlighted had comprised a competitive application process for a 50% contribution from the government of Western Australia to advance innovative exploration drilling projects.
KEFI Gold and Copper PLC (AIM:KEFI, OTC:KFFLF) has completed new funding ahead of the start of building work at Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia.
Including a retail equity offer, raising approximately £243,000 at 0.7p, the total generated was £6.44mln, though KEFI pointed out that shareholders must waive pre-emption rights at the AGM for the funding to proceed.
Thor Energy PLC (AIM:THR, OTCQB:THORF, ASX:THR) has started detailed airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys over its US uranium and vanadium projects - Wedding Bell, Radium Mountain and Vanadium King.
It is the first airborne survey since the late 1970s over the region and the first ever high-resolution survey conducted over Thor's project areas, the junior said.
Kodal Minerals PLC (AIM:KOD) and Hainan Mining have agreed to a long stop extension until 30 June 2023 to ratify the financing package for the Bougouni lithium project in southern Mali.
Bernard Aylward, Kodal's chief executive, commented the delay was disappointing but added: "The parties remain committed to the transaction and are working together on the preliminary engineering and development processes required to ensure we move quickly into development upon completion and receipt of funds."
The flagship MCB Copper-Gold Project of Celsius Resources Ltd (ASX:CLA, AIM:CLA) has bagged a pivotal environmental compliance certificate (ECC) from the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
This crucial milestone clears the path for a mineral production sharing agreement (MPSA) with the Philippine National Government — a vital step in the precious and base metal project's progression.
Thor Exploration has maintained its production guidance for the current year at between 85-90,000oz gold weighted toward the second half despite what it says was a challenging first quarter
Sustaining costs will also be in the guidance range of between US$1,150 to US$1,350 per oz, it added, even though grades in the first three months dipped and there were difficult mining conditions in the Segilola Pit west wall.
Galantas Gold Corp (AIM:GAL, TSX-V:GAL, OTCQX:GALKF) reported an uptick in cash in the first quarter of the year.
According to a statement, the gold miner had cash of C$2.5mln as of 31 March 2023, compared to C$2.4mln a year earlier.
CleanTech Lithium PLC (AIM:CTL, OTCQB:CTLHF), which is developing sustainable lithium projects in Chile, saw its shares nudge 5% higher after it unveiled promising results from its pump test programmes at Laguna Verde and Francisco Basin.
Furthering its efforts, it is also set to begin a brine reinjection test at Laguna Verde - a first in Chile's lithium sector.
Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE) said drilling at its Pitfield Project in Western Australia has potentially unearthed one of the largest titanium deposits ever discovered.
Pitfield had already been identified as a possible “giant" copper system by Empire but managing director Shaun Bunn said the titanium results take it to a different level.
Greatland Gold PLC (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF) has expanded its acreage in the Paterson region of Western Australia with the acquisition of 1,880 square kilometres from Rio Tinto PLC (LSE:RIO) via a farm-in.
The tenements are an outstanding package, Greatland said, and host several underexplored anomalies similar to Havieron, its existing gold discovery within the Paterson province.