Junior mining indaba: Jumping through hoops
Financial Mail

THE regulatory and funding environment for junior mining and exploration companies operating in SA should be changed to encourage the development of minerals to ensure the country’s mining future. Speaker after speaker at the Junior Mining Indaba last week spoke of the difficulties not only in the global environment of mineral exploration and running a small mining company but of how these difficulties are compounded in SA. Read the full article here: http://www.financialmail.co.za/moneyinvesting/2015/06/18/junior-mining-indaba-jumping-through-hoops

Junior miners should find strength in numbers – consultant
Mining Weekly

JOHANNESBURG – Emerging miners should join associations, share information and facilities and jointly procure the services they needed to enable them to remain competitive and sustainable, a Chamber of Mines (CoM) consultant suggests. During a presentation at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Mining’s Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry, CoM techno-economics consultant Dick Kruger said the chamber engaged in a number of projects to assist junior miners, including an emerging miner mentorship programme that provided financial and marketing support. Read the full article here: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/junior-miners-should-find-strength-in-numbers-consultant-2015-06-11

THE INSIDER: Questions and answers all in a spin
The Insider / BD Live

The recent Junior Indaba focusing on junior mining and exploration companies delivered some notable gems under the chairmanship of Bernard Swanepoel, the well-known funny man of mining. Peter Major, the outspoken fund manager from Cadiz, asked Swanepoel to rephrase his question of "where the juniors screw up". Without missing a beat, Swanepoel said, "Why don’t you rephrase it for me and then I’ll rephrase your answer." Read the full article here: http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2015/06/10/the-insider-questions-and-answers-all-in-a-spin

What South Africa can copy to stimulate junior mining
Mineweb

A few examples, from other nations, of how regulations can be improved to secure the future of the country’s mining sector. South Africa could learn a thing or two from other countries when it comes to creating an enabling environment for junior miners. This was one of the themes that emerged from the Junior Mining Indaba, held last week. Read the full article here: http://www.mineweb.com/regions/africa/south-african-junior-miners-hamstrung-by-red-tape/

Jobless mining engineering graduates plead for look in
Mining Weekly

JOHANNESBURG – Jobless mining engineering graduates are pleading for inclusion in South Africa’s mining industry in preparation for the sector’s inevitable upturn in the future. Speaking to Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly Online in a video interview on the sidelines of the Junior Indaba in Johannesburg, Society of Mining Engineering Students independent presidential adviser Smangaliso Musawenkosi outlined the current difficulty mining engineering graduates have in finding employment in mining. Read more here: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/jobless-mining-engineering-graduates-plead-for-look-in-2015-06-08