AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoGold & Copper Developments: Caledonia Mining struck a milestone at Zimbabwe’s Motapa with a maiden 379,000oz measured-and-indicated gold resource, adding to its Bilboes pipeline. Project Progress: Red Mountain Mining kicked off maiden RC drilling at its Armidale antimony-gold project in NSW, targeting Oaky Creek with 17 holes and assays due early next quarter. Copper Ramp-Up: Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) set a goal of 300,000 tonnes of copper annually over three years, pointing to July output as operations stabilize under Vedanta. AI Power for Mining-Adjacent Industry: IREN shares slid after results, but the story keeps circling back to data-centre compute demand and power/land/data-centre scale. Policy & Permitting Pressure: New Zealand’s minerals council urged “Let mining grow” ahead of Election 2026, while Guyana’s GGMC pushed miners to declare gold through authorised channels. Regulatory/Legal Friction: Nigeria’s NSCDC Mining Marshals defended the 13-month Stone Rockers quarry closure as an active crime scene before court. Safety & Labour: Seven died and four were feared trapped after an illegal pit collapse at Asaman Tamfoe in Ghana; Russia’s Severny Kuzbass miners reported nearly a year of unpaid wages. Energy-Market Crosswinds: Nigeria targets 2.5mbpd crude output, and Serbia’s NIS got an OFAC operating license extension to keep talks moving.
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