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Si6 Metals has received the green light from shareholders to acquire a 50 per cent share in four Brazilian projects covering 10 exploration licenses and form a joint venture with seller Foxfire Metals. The purchase will see the company pick up the half share in tenements covering 17,000 hectares across three Brazilian States prospective for lithium, rare earths, gold, base

Few creatures in the Amazon rainforest are more feared than the surucucu-pico-de-jaca - the deadly South American bushmaster

Few creatures in the Amazon rainforest are more feared than the surucucu-pico-de-jaca - the deadly South American bushmaster

The South American bushmaster — the longest viper in the world and the largest venomous snake in the Americas — can inject up to 500 milligrams of venom into its victims, causing severe pain, nausea, shock and, in extreme cases, death.

Si6 Metals has promoted its executive director Jim Malone to managing director as the company matures rare earths and lithium projects in Brazil, in addition to other operations in Botswana and Australia.

The death toll from the flooding disaster in North Chinas Hebei Province has risen to 29, with another 16 people still missing as of Thursday. The disaster has caused heavy losses to the province, with the estimated direct economic loss reaching 95.811 billion yuan ($13.25 billion), Hebei provincial authorities announced at a Friday press briefing.

Global Times note: In recent days, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, among other areas in northern China, have been hit by heavy rain. More than 130,000 people have been affected in the hardest-hit city of Zhuozhou in Hebei province, with 146 villages and communities impacted, covering an area of 225.38 square kilometers. A total of 57 relocation sites have been established.

Officials in Hebei province, which borders Beijing, had opened flood gates and spillways in seven low-lying flood control zones to prevent rivers and reservoirs from overflowing in Beijing and the region’s other metropolis, Tianjin, state media said.

Global Times reporters visited some of the affected communities and villages in Fangshan district, Beijing, and Zhuozhou city in Hebei and talked with witnesses to the once-in-a-century torrential rain to learn about the resilience and selflessness of Chinese people amid the disaster.

A provincial leader set off an outcry by urging cities to serve as a “moat” for the capital, as diverted floodwaters sent scores of residents fleeing.