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Trigon Metals is still in Namibia chasing new discoveries in the Kalahari Copper Belt after offloading the Kombat Copper Mine. The company, which once anchored its Namibian strategy on the...

North River Resources, a Namib Lead Zinc Mining Ltd subsidiary, owned the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine. Bezant Resources has now acquired the mine. The Namib Lead and Zinc Mine...

Bezant Resources will seek permission to close the deal with the owners of Namib Lead and Zinc Mining (NLZM) as it moves to acquire a 90% stake in the company’s...

The Kokoseb Gold Project is set to become one of Namibia’s largest rural employers, with early projections showing an enormous labour footprint long before the first gold bar is poured....

As Namibia wrestles with whether in-situ recovery uranium mining belongs in the Stampriet Artesian Basin, the method is already well established elsewhere. The United States, Australia, and Kazakhstan are among...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says in-situ recovery (ISR), also known as in-situ leaching, is an accepted uranium mining method only when strict geological, hydrogeological and regulatory conditions are...

Namibia’s long mining history has been shaped by open pits, underground tunnels, giant earth movers, and dredgers cutting into ancient riverbeds. Now, the debate around Leonardville has pulled a very...

The Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Mining Association (SAUMA) has become the leading organised voice opposing in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium mining in the Stampriet Artesian Basin, a transboundary groundwater system shared by...

Parliament’s Standing Committees on Natural Resources and on Economics and Public Administration have urged the government to allow uranium exploration to continue in the Stampriet Artesian Basin – but only...

Rosatom entered Namibia through Uranium One Group, which operates locally as Headspring Investments (Pty) Ltd. The company first established a presence in the Leonardville–Stampriet area around 2011 under several Exclusive...