Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa – update

Mining crews have driven underground development into the high-grade Flatreef platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, gold and copper orebody for the first time, as the Platreef mine rapidly advances... 

Prairie lithium project, Canada – update

Arizona Lithium has received approval for Phase 1. 

New Consort mine, South Africa

A gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga. 

Sheba mine, South Africa

A gold mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa. 

Bomboré gold mine Stage 2 expansion, Burkina Faso

The expansion will increase gold production at Bomboré to between 220 000 oz/y and 250 000 oz/y. 

Awaruite refinery project, Canada

The project involves the development of a midstream refinery to produce battery-grade nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle industry, along with cobalt carbonate, copper cement and ammonium... 

Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan

Reko Diq is one of the world’s biggest undeveloped copper/gold deposits. It will be a multigenerational mine with a life of at least 37 years.  

Black Pine oxide gold project, US

The project consists of three large deposits and several smaller deposits that are planned to be developed using conventional openpit mining methods over a 17-year life-of-mine. 

Fairview mine, South Africa

A gold mine situated within the Barberton greenstone belt, in Mpumalanga, South Africa. 

Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa

The Platreef project hosts an underground deposit of thick platinum group metals, nickel, copper and gold mineralisation on the northern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, in Limpopo. 

Sakatti polymetallic mine project, Finland

The envisaged mining operation is expected to produce about 100 000 t/y of copper equivalent. 

South Deep mine, South Africa

A gold mine in South Africa’s Gauteng province, about 45 km south-west of Johannesburg. 

Rincon lithium expansion project, Argentina

The project will boost Rincon’s capacity to 60 000 t/y of battery-grade lithium carbonate, including a 3 000 t starter plant and 57 000 t expansion, with a 40-year mine life. 

Southern Mining Area Decline, Australia

The underground development at Olympic Dam will unlock up to 2.5-million tonnes a year of additional vertical capacity and support future mine expansion options. 

Pacific green fertiliser plant, US

The plant will be the first at-scale, low-carbon fertiliser production facility in the world, producing 700 000 t/y of nitrogen fertiliser and serving farmers across the Pacific Northwest region. 

Lalor mine, Canada

A gold/zinc/copper/silver mine in Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada. 

Blacksmith iron-ore project, Australia

The project entails the construction of direct shipping ore operation, with a mine life of 23 years. 

Bécancour lithium carbonate refinery, Canada

A definitive feasibility study has shown the project to be robust, even in a low pricing environment.  

Uis Phase 2 expansion project, Namibia

Critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining plans to build a second tin processing jig at the Uis mine. 

Copper Mountain mine, Canada

A copper mine south of Princeton, in British Columbia, Canada. 

Jansen potash project, Canada – update

Multinational mining company BHP has reported the first stage of the project is 66% and the second stage 8%. 

Kal East gold project, Australia – update

Gold explorer Black Cat Syndicate announced approval to start underground mining at the Myhree deposit on April 16.  

Kalgoorlie nickel project – Goongarrie Hub, Australia – update

Metals exploration and development company Ardea Resources has secured a strategic investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining, further strengthening the partnership between the two companies as... 

Kasiya rutile/graphite project, Malawi – update

Several geotechnical programme are under way. 

Kookaburra graphite project, Australia – update

The project has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade. 

McDermitt lithium project, US – update

The project has been officially designated as a “transparency project” under the US Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act permitting framework. 

Minim Martap bauxite project, Cameroon – update

ASX-listed exploration and development company Canyon Resources is rapidly advancing the project towards production through an extensive work programme. 

Muntanga uranium project, Zambia – update

Africa-focused uranium company GoviEx Uranium has filed a draft environmental- and social-impact assessment with the Zambian Environmental Management Agency for the advancement of the project. 

Critical mineral refining facility, Africa

ReElement and Novare plan to develop integrated refining facilities across Africa to produce high-purity lithium carbonate, rare-earth oxides and other critical minerals. 

Lamaque Complex, Canada

A preliminary economic assessment has proposed incremental gold production of 1.5-million ounces at the mine. 

Yaouré gold mine – CMA underground project, Côte d'Ivoire

The CMA underground project will become Côte d’Ivoire’s first mechanised underground mine. 

US Molybdenum Operations, US

The project entails the restart of operations at Thompson Creek and a progressive ramp-up of production at Langeloth. 

BHP Olympic dam smelter and refinery expansion project, Australia

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 

Crown Prince gold project, Australia

Mineral exploration and development company New Murchison Gold plans to develop the Crown Prince deposit over a 30-year life-of-mine. 

Butcherbird Stage 2 manganese expansion project, Australia

Manganese developer Element 25 plans to extract and process Yanneri Ridge and Coodamudgi mineral resources and reserves.  

Back River Gold – Goose mine gold project, Canada

A total of $32-million is budgeted for exploration at the Back River gold district in 2025, of which $21-million is allocated to the Goose project.  

Dasa uranium project, Niger

Uranium project developer Global Atomic Corporation has reported that underground development has reached the ore zone. 

Copper World Complex, US – update

Base metals miner Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of the mine. 

Dalgaranga gold project, Australia – update

Gold company Spartan Resources has executed binding purchase agreements to acquire the remaining 20% interest in a portfolio of exploration tenements at the project that it does not already own. 

Kangankunde rare earths project, Malawi – update

Australia-based Lindian Resource has started early-stage site works.