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Stellar Diamonds signs Baoulé diamond pipe JV agreement, By Leandi Kolver, Posted on Mining Weekly JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Stellar Diamonds has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Guinea-based Société Tassiliman, through which it secured the option to acquire up to a 100% interest in the 5 ha diamondiferous Baoulé pipe, in Guinea. Located in the former…

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SEMAFO Sells Its Interest in the Samira Hill Mine in Niger, Posted on Market Watch MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Dec 02, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — SEMAFO Inc. CA:SMF -1.61% (omx:SMF) today announced the closing of the sale of its 80% interest in Societe des Mines du Liptako S.A. (“SML”) to Societe de Patrimoine des Mines du Niger S.A.(“SOPAMIN”). African GeoMin…

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Strong turnout for tender on African iron-ore rail line – Sundance, By Reuters, Posted on MiningWeekly.com PERTH – In a sign appetite for African resources could be turning, an international tender to build a 500 km rail line across Cameroon to haul iron-ore will close next month, with the winner known early in 2014, said…