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This week: Woman-led Lethabo is mining iron-ore in Limpopo with offtake agreement in place Lithium-pioneering Marula to be additionally listed on JSE And, diamond junior says junior miner CEO is typically ‘chief cook and bottlewasher’

Copper company Copper 360, which listed on the AltX of the JSE in April, has more than two-million tonnes of copper its 12 mines, which is worth R560-billion, the Junior Indaba heard this week. That copper is shallow, on surface and predeveloped, an upbeat Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson said in his presentation covered by Mining Weekly. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)

Outgoing Minerals Council South Africa’s Roger Baxter told the Junior Indaba's opening day that the CEO of a junior mining company is typically a chief cook and bottlewasher – and Botswana Diamonds MD James Campbell was quick to confirm that. “I’ve been chief cook and bottlewasher for the past 20 years almost, and I’m now running my fourth junior,” said Campbell. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)

In conjunction with a proposed Aim listing in London, Marula Mining is going to have an additional listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Marula Mining CEO Jason Brewer told the Junior Indaba on Wednesday. “We’re in the process of appointing our advisers,” said Brewer, who spoke of Copper 360 as having done “a fantastic job” with its April listing on the JSE's AltX,"and we'll see how we progress." (Also watch attached Creamer Media vid...

Namibia is the best jurisdiction in Africa in which to mine, Andrada Mining CEO Anthony Viljoen told the Junior Indaba on Tuesday. The London Aim-listed tin, tantalum and now lithium mining company recalled how it had looked across African jurisdictions when initially pursuing tin-mining opportunities and had found Namibia to be a cut above. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)

Growth ambitions for South African mining have been frustrated by asset managers reluctance to invest in small companies.

Is the sun rising or setting on the South African mining industry? It’s a frequently asked question, but mining sectors are built from exploration and ‘junior’ or small companies. And South Africa has a woeful pipeline on this front.

The Junior Indaba took place from 01 – 02 June 2022. During the event, junior miners engaged on challenges and opportunities for exploration and junior mining companies in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa.  Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) CEO Roger Baxter delivered the keynote address. ...

Price hotness is pervading the commodities market, CRU senior analyst Clare Hanna said on Tuesday, when she addressed the second and final day of the Junior Indaba. Speaking on ‘what’s hot and what’s not’, Hanna said almost all commodities were at the higher-than-15% level. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)

The tender to replace the dysfunctional Samrad system with a cadastre that will presumably shine the light of transparency on the awarding of mining rights in South Africa will be launched next week, the Junior (mining) Indaba heard on Tuesday. And not a moment too soon, as the lack of transparency and trust is a major deterrent to investment.  Thabo Mokoena, the director-general of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), made the announcement during the virtual Junior Indaba. T...