Phuket Town's most striking stretch is the Old Town, where sherbet-coloured Sino-Portuguese shophouses line the streets, a remnant from the 19th-century Chinese immigrant merchants who came here for the tin mining. Influenced by Portuguese, Dutch and colonial architecture, the two-storey buildings
Its mining industry - which also produces diamond, tantalum, tin and gold - is the country's largest source of export income. The law, which was passed by parliament in January, will double government royalties on all minerals. The impoverished yet mineral-rich nation provides more than 60% of the world's
Africa-focused explorer Montero Mining & Exploration Ltd (CVE:MON) is set to acquire a 95% interest in the Uis lithium-tin tailings project in Namibia. It has struck a binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with owners Namib Base Minerals CC (NBM ) and Namibia Silica CC over the project, where the Uis mine
The legal framework regulating the mining sector lacks consistency and clarity while the capacity of government and companies to monitor mining
Stellar, which hopes to mine tin at Zeehan, told the ASX it had a working capital surplus (current assets less current liabilities) of $1.72 million on December 31.
Shares of Aus Tin Mining Limited (ASX:ANW) last traded at 0.025, representing a move of 8.696%, or 0.002 per share, on volume of 2.69 million shares. After opening the trading day at 0.022, shares of Aus Tin Mining Limited traded in a close range. Aus Tin Mining Limited currently has a total float of 1.96B
JIMBATA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zimbabwe Lithium Company, has commenced an evaluation exercise to determine the lithium resource in the dumps at Kamativi Tin Mine. The technical report on the dumps marked the completion of the major condition precedent prior to the signing of a definitive
St George Mining is understood to be in the market chasing up to $5 million in a placement to spend on further drilling at its promising Mt Alexander nickel project near Leonora. It is believed the explorer is looking to place 22.2 million new shares at a discounted 18 ? through Argonaut Securities to raise $4
Chen grew up in the Kinta Valley tin-mining area, a second-generation member of an immigrant family from China. He trained as a medical doctor at the University of Malaysia and practiced briefly as a general practitioner, but felt that his real calling was business. So he decided to go into property
TSX.V-quoted Montero Mining & Exploration has entered a binding Heads of Agreement with Namib Base Minerals and Namibia Silica to acquire a 95% interest in the Uis lithium-tin tailings project in Namibia. The agreement provides Montero Mining & Exploration two months to complete legal and
TORONTO, March 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V:MON) ("Montero" or the "Corporation") has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement ("HOA") with Namib Base Minerals CC ("NBM") and Namibia Silica CC ("NBS") (collectively the "Owners") to acquire a
A Tarkine mining hopeful likes the look of current tin prices as it continues to work towards possible production. Tin core samples. "The company continues to be encouraged by the LME (London Metal Exchange) tin price, being $US21,500 per tonne at the time of reporting," Elementos Limited said in its
17 years old student of Government Secondary School Jebbu, Bassa of Plateau State was on Monday evening attacked and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen while returning from a Tin mining site near Gero village in Jos South LGA of the State. The Student name Lumumbah chayi who was preparing
This came as a 17-year-old student of Government Secondary School, Jebbu, Bassa in Plateau State was on Monday evening killed by herdsmen while returning from a tin mining site near Gero village in Jos South Local Government Area. The police also said a herdsman and 15 cows were killed in the
Cornwall was the world leader in tin mining in the 1870s, with around 2,000 mines dotting the county. But its place leading the globe in extraction and production was already under threat, as tin lodes were discovered in Australia, the Far East and South America, creating huge competition that began to
Most Brits are familiar with annual celebrations in honour of patron saints St George, St Andrew and St David, but St Piran's Day on 5 March might be more of a mystery - unless you live in Cornwall. As Poldark fans will know, Cornwall was historically a centre of the tin mining industry; so it's no surprise that
More detailed work will follow to delineate and quantify any possible lithium, tantalum and tin mineralisation and also any gold or copper mineralisation on the license. Recent field investigations revealed the license has lithium, gold and copper potential. The Navachab gold mine located 20 km south of
An Australian-based mining company says it will continue with plans to exploit a huge Czech lithium deposit despite the government's bid to cancel the deal
Africa-focused explorer Montero Mining & Exploration Ltd (CVE:MON) has acquired an 80% interest in prospecting licence 6162 for lithium, base, rare and precious
The Bygoo Tin Project was acquired by Thomson Resources in 2015 and lies on the 100% owned EL 8260. The EL surrounds the major tin deposit at Ardlethan which was mined until 1986, with over 31,500 tonnes of tin being produced (reference Paterson, R.G., 1990, Ardlethan tin deposits in the