Rome Resources excited by tin discovery

Rome Resources Ltd., a Canadian mineral exploration company, has announced the discovery of a substantial tin deposit at its Bisie North Tin Project in the Walikale Territory of the North Kivu Province, located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo...

The International Tin Association welcomes MMR

The International Tin Association (ITA) is pleased to announce that Democratic Republic of Congo tin producer, Mining Minerals Resources (MMR) has joined its membership. Representing the world’s major tin producers, ITA is the world authority on tin and at the...

Alphamin hits new record, mine not for sale

Alphamin’s latest quarter saw the company achieve record tin production, surpassing levels set in the previous period. During the second quarter, the company mined some 112,600 tonnes of ore from its Mpama North mine, part of its growing Bisie complex. Despite...

Tantalex acquires final Manono tailings, moves to begin drilling

Tantalex Resources has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with MINOR SARL to acquire the entirety of the tailings at Manono. The Manono mine, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was worked extensively between 1919 and the mid-1980s. During that...

Goma hazards disrupt tin exports

Geological hazards near Goma, on the border of the DR Congo and Rwanda, have temporarily disrupted tin concentrate supply. On Saturday, 22 May 2021, the Nyiragongo volcano just north of the city erupted. Several earthquakes have followed in the days since – the...

AVZ mulling separate tin project at Manono

AVZ Minerals is considering a separate alluvial tin operation near to its Manono lithium-tin project. Currently, Manono has a Mineral Resource Estimate of some 400 million tonnes ore containing some 287,600 tonnes of tin. Despite its enormous resource, AVZ’s tin is...