Alphamin raises 2025 guidance on strong Q3 results

Mauritius-based tin miner Alphamin Resources (TSX-V: AFM; JSE AltC: APH) has reported Q3 production of 5,190 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate from the Bisie mine in eastern DR Congo, and raised its annual guidance to 18,000-18,500 tonnes. Production in the quarter ending...

Bisie output steady following operational restart

Mauritius-based tin miner Alphamin Resources (TSXV : AFM ; JSE AltX : APH) saw production from its Bisie mine in eastern DR Congo fall marginally to 4,106 tonnes in the second quarter. Production fell 3.8% from Q1 (a 2.0% rise from Q2 2024) due to the 28-day mining...

Alphamin revises production guidance to 17,500 tonnes

Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM; JSE AltX: APH) has revised down its guidance for production at its Bisie tin mine in eastern DR Congo on production losses in Q1 due to the security-related interruption. Production at Bisie was down 18% quarter-on-quarter at 4,270...

Alphamin to restart mining at Bisie

Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM; JSE AltX: APH) have announced operations will recommence at the company’s Bisie mine in eastern DR Congo. The company, which halted production last month due to the advance of non-state armed groups towards the mine, will initiate a...

Alphamin suspends mining operations at Bisie

Bisie mine operator Alphamin Resources announced on 13 March that it has temporarily halted operations at the mine in eastern DR Congo. In a statement, the company said “this decision was made after insurgent militant groups have recently advanced westward in the...

Statement on insecurity in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

The International Tin Association (ITA) is following with extreme concern the worsening security situation in the eastern Provinces of the DRC; North Kivu and South Kivu. We deplore the actions of the non-state armed group M23 and associated parties of the Alliance...

Alphamin production up 38% in 2024

Alphamin Resources has announced Q4 production at the Bisie mine, DR Congo, of 5,237 tonnes tin-in-concentrate, bringing 2024 production to 17,324 t, up 38% from 2023 following the Mpama South expansion. Ore processed at Bisie increased 2% to 232,860 t, whiles grades...

Drilling commences at Kalayi following Rome Resources takeover

Tin explorer Rome Resources, which was recently acquired by UK-based Pathfinder Minerals, has announced it has commenced diamond drilling at its Kalayi prospect in North Kivu, DR Congo. Kalayi, which together with the Mont Agoma prospect, forms the company’s Bisie...

Alphamin announces increased earnings on sales recovery

Bisie mine operator Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM; JSE AltX: APH) has announced a 156% quarter-on-quarter increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) in the first quarter of 2024. In the quarter ending 31 March 2024, ore...

M23 rebels disrupt tin supply routes in key region of North Kivu

Members of the M23 non-state armed group have continued to expand their territory in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, an important region for global supply of the 3Ts – tin, tantalum, and tungsten. Since mid-2022, the M23 rebels have controlled areas...