East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa

Mineral sands developer Strandline Resources is rapidly pursuing development of its 100%-owned, zircon-rich Fungoni mineral sands project in Tanzania. This follows the release of the results from a drilling campaign in January, which significantly increased the contained heavy mineral (HM) of the mineral resource estimate, improved JORC classification and confirmed …

The mining ore export ban in Tanzania announced in March 2017 is unlikely to be implemented. This is the view of BMI Research. However, the company cautions that the proposal is another sign of growing governmental regulations that may limit future investment and growth in the mining sector. The Tanzanian …

Junior Black Mountain Resources has reported a maiden indicated mineral resource of 4.6-million tonnes, grading 19% vermiculite at its Namekara project, in Uganda. “We have infill drilled around 10% of the area currently covered by the inferred resource and have converted about 85% of this inferred resource into an indicated …