The Ma’aden Alcoa aluminum joint venture announced that it has poured the first concrete in the construction of the region’s first alumina refinery at the fully integrated aluminum complex at Ras Al Khair.
Preparatory work has been completed at the Kibali gold project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where first gold production is scheduled for the end of 2013.
IAMGOLD Corporation announced that it has declared an inferred resource of 466.8 million tonnes at a grade of 1.65% Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO) as a result of its 2011 exploration drilling program conducted on the rare earth elements zone adjacent to its Niobec niobium mine near Saguenay, Quebec, Canada.
Selwyn Resources Ltd. announced the commissioning of a helicopter-borne, Versatile, Time Domain, Electromagnetic geophysical survey to evaluate its large mineral claim holdings in Nova Scotia.
Riverstone Resources Inc. announced that its acquisition of an indirect 90% interest in the Goulagou, Rounga, Tougou and Youba permits located in Burkina Faso, West Africa from Golden Star Resources Ltd. is now complete.
Capstone Mining Corp. announced the result of an updated National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate for the Wildfire/Copper Keel area at its Minto Mine in Yukon, Canada.
Sunridge Gold Corp. announces that it has started an exploration drilling program on several highly prospective exploration targets on the Asmara Project, Eritrea.
Attention is drawn to the joint announcement dated February 2, 2012 in which Anooraq Resources Corporation and Anglo American Platinum Limited announced that they have agreed to refinance Anooraq, restructure and recapitalize the Bokoni Platinum group of companies.
