Asmara, 3 September 2010 – (Shabait) – The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Estifanos Habte, participated in the 14th COMESA Summit that was held in Lozitha city, Swaziland, from August 31 to September 1. In the summit conducted under the theme: “Harnessing Science and Technology for Development,” the COMESA member states reached understanding on the [...]
Belarusian News Agency BelTA reports that the Belarus Education Ministry and the Eritrean Education Ministry have signed an agreement on cooperation. The document was signed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vasily Dolgolev and Ambassador of Eritrea to the Russian Federation Teklai Menassie Asgedom in Moscow on 31 August. According to the agency Eritrea [...]
By Tim Boreham, The Australian We suggest that 99 per cent of the room wouldn’t raise their arms, and those who do are fibbers or fertiliser tragics. Given the Big Australian’s ballsy ploy, we’ll be hearing much more about the potassium-rich substance that is as crucial to growing food as phosphate. For the uninitiated — that is, [...]
22 June 2010
Dragon Mining Limited announces that Chalice Gold Mines Limited (“Chalice”) has exercised its option to purchase the Company’s 20% interest in the Zara Gold Project, Eritrea. Settlement, which will occur in two days, will result in Dragon Mining receiving $8.0 million in cash and 2 million Chalice shares (current market value of $0.9m) which will be [...]
21 June 2010
QNA reports that Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Mona Omar has welcomed the mediation of the State of Qatar to settle the dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti, adding that Egypt welcomes any mediation that will realize peace between the two coutries. She announced that her country was ready to make any effort to [...]
21 June 2010
The Delegation of the European Union in Eritrea is organising for the second time on a row the Art Competition “I Dream Therefore I Am”. The competition calls on the youth and adults to express artistically their personal dreams, dreams for their family and dreams for their country or to interpret the theme “A world where [...]
17 June 2010
Gippsland Limited is pleased to announce the analytical results of rock samples collected during exploration completed on its Adobha Project in Eritrea during May 2010. During the exploration programme, visible copper in the form of malachite (copper carbonate) was located in rocks in the drainage channels and bedrock in target areas E21 & E26. The work, [...]
13 June 2010
The United Nations Security Council late Friday extended its “fully support” to Qatar’s mediation, under the auspices of H.H. the Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, between Djibouti and Eritrea, and welcomed their signing of an agreement aimed at resolving their two-year old border dispute. “The members of the Security Council are encouraged by the willingness [...]
11 June 2010
Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU)(NYSE Amex:NSU) - At the request of Market Surveillance of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), on behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Company wishes to advise that it is not aware of any material undisclosed development that would cause the significant upward movement of the Company’s share price. The Company’s [...]
11 June 2010
In a recent Exploration+Processing Magazine editorial, Stacy Davidson describes Eritrea with its 620 miles of coastline along the Red Sea as a historic centre of attention for various foreign powers, including the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, British Empire and Italy. Nevertheless, Eritrea received the most attention from its larger neighbour Ethiopia, causing 30 years of oppression from [...]
11 June 2010
07 June 2010
DOHA – Qatar said on Monday that Eritrean troops have withdrawn from an area they controlled in Djibouti as a result of Doha’s mediation bid to end a territorial dispute between the two neighbours. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani was quoted by official QNA news as saying that Eritrea has already conducted “a [...]
05 June 2010
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed gold explorer Chalice Gold Mines has declared a maiden ore reserve of 760 000 oz for its Koka gold deposit, in Eritrea. The Koka gold deposit forms part of the Zara gold project, in which Chalice holds an 80% stake. The Koka deposit was now estimated to host around five-million tons of ore, [...]
29 May 2010
Abidjan, May 27, 2010 – The AfDB has granted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 a concession worth USD 12.9 million to the Government of Eritrea, after signing an agreement to support the development of national human resources in the area of higher education. “This contribution from the AfDB, which is part of the African Development Fund (ADF) [...]
