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Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

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Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). We believe that Namibia has an excellent chance of succeeding in this competition. Namibia has enormous potential for scaling up a green hydrogen industry.

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E-Tech Resources expands mineral landholdings at the Eureka REE Project in Namibia

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E-Tech Resources, a rare earth exploration and development company developing its Eureka Rare Earths Project in Namibia, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an 85% interest in exclusive prospecting license 8748 (EPL 8748). The project is situated next to the national B1 highway in the Erongo Region of Namibia.

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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

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Canada-based Northern Graphite Corporation has closed its previously announced acquisition of the producing Lac des Iles graphite mine (LDI) in Québec from a subsidiary of Imerys SA and the Okanjande graphite deposit/Okorusu processing plant in Namibia from a subsidiary of Imerys and its joint venture partner. Sprott invested CDN$3.75

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Benchmark: Africa’s lithium production to increase >10x this decade; potentially 12% of global supply

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However, by 2033 its market share is forecast to triple to 12% of global supply. Although Indonesian cobalt will eat into this market share, the region will maintain a strong 69% of the market in 2030,, Benchmark said. of this market in 2030 despite 69% of mined cobalt coming from the continent in that year.

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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The start-up of the pilot production at the Lingen site is a major milestone for us in bringing the “green iron” product to market maturity and establishing German technology worldwide. Here in Lingen, we are already using iron ore from Namibia to optimize the process and the product.

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

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In addition to the Lindi Jumbo Project, Walkabout is also exploring in south west Tanzania at the Amani Hard Rock Gold Project and southern Namibia at the Eureka Lithium Project. Roskill notes that Lindi Jumbo is one of a number of Australian-backed flake graphite projects worldwide, many of which are focused on Africa.

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Maersk Drilling awarded contract extension to drill world record well in Angola; 2.25-mile water depth

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The work on Ondjaba-1 commenced in October 2021, after which the rig is scheduled to move to Namibia to drill the Venus well. The contract extension has an estimated duration of 54 days, which means that Maersk Voyager is now contracted until February 2022. One one-well option remains on the contract.

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