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Sierra Leone to review mining contracts
Sierra Leone’s government will review all mining contracts in the West African state to try to clean up corruption and cheating and maximise benefits for the nation, Minister of Mines Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh said.
“We’re not going to allow our minerals to be a curse to us,” Jalloh told Reuters in an interview this week.
“We are [...]
Aeromag Data Confirms Strong Diamond Targets on Pan African Mining Corp.’s Botswana Licenses
PAN AFRICAN MINING CORP. (the “Company”) is pleased to report that reprocessed geophysics data, generated by independent geophysical contractor Scott Hogg & Associates Ltd. of Toronto (”SHA”), has confirmed strong diamond targets on the Company’s license area in Botswana. As previously reported in May, two blocks of Prospecting Licenses in Ngamiland, Botswana encompassing a combined [...]
PanAfrica: BHP Billiton More Than Doubles Exploration Spending This Year
Global resources producer BHP Billiton was starting to see success in diamond exploration in Angola, vice-president exploration and integrated business development Ian Maxwell said on Tuesday.
Billiton and partner Petra Diamonds held a 3000km’ tenement in Angola where they were having a high hit rate.
“We know we have kimberlite pipes there and some contain diamonds, but [...]
Australia pleads for mining favour in Russia
Trade ministers are like the Fuller brush salesman. The job requires long days and hard traveling, sleep-short nights in dreary hotels, selling a premium brand-name for a cheap product that customers usually think they need no more of. And when the salesman returns to headquarters, the boss hardly notices him.
