Новости за 08.06.2018

Uranium miner Laramide Resources has increased the previously announced private placement from seven-million units to ten-million units, at a company price of C$0.30 a unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to C$3.3-million. The ASX- and TSX-listed company had, earlier this month, announced its intention to raise C$2.1-million through the private placement to advance exploration and development activities at its Church Rock and Crownpoint uranium properties, in New Mexico, in the US, as well as at its Westmoreland uranium project... Читать дальше...

Uranium developer Bannerman resources will raise A$8-million through the placement of more than 173.9-million shares to institutional and sophisticated investors. The placement will be priced at 4.6c a share, representing a 9.2% discount to the company’s ten-day volume weighted average price.

The lithium price might be in for a rough ride this year, as a supply response might overshoot what the market actually needs, London-based pricing intelligence firm Metal Bulletin’s head of research William Adams tells Mining Weekly in an interview. “We see a slight lithium surplus coming this year, moving to a slightly bigger surplus next year. And the surplus could exist purely on paper, rather than seeing surplus metal floating around on the market,” he cautions.

Diversified resources company Savannah Resources says the company is well on target to complete the Mutamba prefeasibility study (PFS) in early 2019, as stage one of the PFS is well advanced and includes a gap analysis, an options review, project planning and budget finalisation for stage two of the PFS. The project is located in the Inhambane province of Mozambique. The PFS is being managed by mineral sands expert TZMI and it assesses the project’s potential development and the economic aspects such as the mine cost estimates.

Emerging Mozambican power development company Ncondezi Energy says the positive preliminary results from updated proposals from the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts, for its integrated power and coal mine project indicate potential for the presentation of a more competitive power tariff. Ncondezi further expects to reach an agreement with potential partners on the appropriate tariff envelope and to send the proposal to national... Читать дальше...