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Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Leading Edge Materials Welcomes Governmental Review of Permitting Processes and Regulations Leading Edge Materials Corp.March 15, 2021 GMT Vancouver, March 15, 2021 – Leading Edge Materials Corp. (“Leading Edge” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LEM) (Nasdaq First North: LEMSE) (OTCQB: LEMIF) welcomes last week’s announcement from the Swedish Government1 on the launch of a governmental review of pe...

The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) have reviewed and...

THE STANDARD By Peter Theuri | March 11th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Residents of Mukinyai Village by the sides of a deep pool at a quarry where three children aged 15 and below from one family drowned in on December 12, 2020. [Photo: Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard] Human beings blast their way into the earth’s crust to look for minerals with an aim of making a fortune and living comfortable lives. But sometimes, the earth is not too friendly to those who seek its precious resources. Instances o...

Premium Content Subscriber only A company with an “aggressive” strategy to acquire gold-silver and precious metal resources in NSW is eyeing off a patch of land between Casino and Tenterfield. Thomson Resources recently signed a joint venture with White Rock Minerals for the Mt Carrington gold-silver project at Drake. It could lead to the mine finally being developed, after years of setbacks. >>> Big step forward for gold mine west of Casino And it’s an integral part in Thomsonâ...

The prosecution and defence counsels agreed that the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case of illegal mining against the defendants.

RNS Number: 0738 Q Red Rock Resources plc 23 February 2021. at the Mikei Gold Project, Kenya. Red Rock Resources Plc, the natural resource development...

Probe L. Victoria sand harvesting claims Monday February 22 2021 Part of Kisumu City skyline as seen from the Kisumu Port in Lake Victoria. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG By COLLINS ODOTE There is still not much information about it out there. However, several days ago residents of Takawiri Island complained of sighting a vessel dredging and harvesting sand on the shores of Lake Victoria. While the full facts are still rather hazy, the fact that this is not the first such reported incident in the co...

4 min read In a recession year when the nation’s economic activities came to a virtual halt on account of the global pandemic, the Nigerian solid minerals sector, defying all odds, is recording booming numbers, funneling N7.69 billion in royalties into federal coffers, the highest in a three-year period, according to a 2018-2020 review by The core year of the COVID pandemic, 2020, posted about half of this amount, declared a gladdened Frank Odoom, Director of the Mines Inspec...

Mr Patrick Ojeka, the Director of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development disclosed this to NAN on the sideline of a four-day training for local miners in Port Harcourt on Friday. Ojeka represented by Mr Etido Umoakpan, an official in the ministry, said that the programme was organised to provide extension services to mining cooperatives, small scale miners and quarry associations in the South-south region. “ The event is one of the Federal Gove...

The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is seeking comment from industry on a new Mine Closure Completion Guideline. The draft guideline...