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  • Tanzania: Diamond Drilling Confirms High Grades at Walkabout Resources� Lindi Jumbo Project

    Posted on :Tuesday , 15th December 2015

    African focused junior mineral exploration company Walkabout Resources has reported very high grade graphite assay results of up to nearly 40% total graphitic carbon (TGC) for its maiden diamond drilling programme at its Lindi Jumbo project in south eastern Tanzania.
    The diamond drill holes, all along the western flank of the Gilbert Arcarea of focus, were drilled in order to provide cor. . .

  • Zimbabwe: Govt to Set Up Tantalite Buying Centre

    Posted on :Monday , 14th December 2015

    GOVERNMENT intends to establish a tantalite buying centre modelled along the same lines as Fidelity Printers and Refiners, Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa. Tantalite is a black mineral found in granite rocks and mostly used in the electronics industry. It is used for the manufacturing of electronic capacitors for cell-phones and laptop computer chips, among others.

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  • Kenya: Government Told to Ban Exportation of Raw Soapstone

    Posted on :Thursday , 10th December 2015

    The soapstone carvers in Tabaka area in Kisii County have called on the government to impose a total ban on exportation of uncut soapstone from Kenya.

    According to Jared Nyabuto, a soapstone dealer, both the county and national government lose millions of shillings by selling uncut stones to international dealers who eventually sell them at higher prices.

    He noted . . .

  • Petra and Ekapa Acquire De Beers Oldest Diamond Mine

    Posted on :Saturday , 5th December 2015

    According to Reuters, Petra Diamonds Ltd and South African’s Ekapa Minerals would buy De Beers’ Kimberley mines for 102 million rand ($7.1 million). In last May, De Beers announced that it put the mining operations in Kimberley on sale.

    Kimberley mines is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. In 1871, a discovery of 83.5 carat diamond near a farm belo. . .

  • Yara Gets New Partner for Dallol Project in Ethiopia

    Posted on :Thursday , 3rd December 2015

    Liberty Metals & Mining Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance (LMM), has acquired 25 percent of the shares in “Yara Dallol” for USD 51.25 million.

    Yara’s share of the proceeds is USD 35.4 million.

    Yara Dallol is a project looking at extracting potash in the Danakil depression in North-Eastern Ethiopia.

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