A dump truck transports excavated rock along an access road at a mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa.Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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Miningweb: South Africa’s mineral exploration falls for the seventh year
Exploration spending drops again as investors favour Zambia and the DRC, raising concerns about South Africa’s future mining pipeline.
Key topics:
SA exploration investment falls 5.3%, seventh year of decline
Junior mining sector weak, threatening future project pipeline
Gov’t aims to boost exploration with strategy and incentives
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By William Clowes