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Making moves in Mozambique
13 Feb 2012

Paydirt, Luke Sizer

Globe has expanded its footprint in Mozambique a further 1,000sqkm to purchase 5 additional licenses at Memba…

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African investment on rise despite risks
09 Feb 2012

WA Business News

WA resource companies continue to invest in Africa despite political, economic & safety challenges.
 

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Globe to increase Memba stake
09 Feb 2012

High Grade

African rare metals specialist has exercised an option that will allow it to bag up to a 90% interest in five additional licenses...

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Globe’s Kanyika exploration licence extended
20 Jan 2012

MiningWeekly.com

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Mining shoulders hope for Malawi economy
19 Jan 2012

Malawi Mining Review

 

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60 Mt mineral resource identified at Kanyika Niobium Project
07 Nov 2011

Nomvelo Buthelezi, MiningWeekly.com

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Profit from the panic with these ‘clean energy’ metals
31 Oct 2011

Robin Bromby, The Australian

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Perth the backdrop for Rudd’s $30M African initiative
25 Oct 2011

Tania Winter, MiningNewsPremium.net

 

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Match made in Africa
05 Oct 2011

Lisa Shearon, Australia's Paydirt

The MD of Globe took the opportunity at Africa Down Under to celebrate the Company's recent strategic partnership with ECE.

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Globe takes great stride with niobium
05 Sep 2011

Barry FitzGerald, The Sydney Morning Herald

It was standing room only last Thursday at the Africa Down Under Conference in Perth when Globe Metals & Mining's managing director, Mark Sumich, took to the stage. Read more...

 

 

 

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Managing Director of Globe interviews with AFR TV
28 Jul 2011

Australian Financial Review

Mark Sumich, Managing Director of Globe tells AFR TV that the Company is AAA rated - linking Australia's expertise with Asian Capital and African resources.  Click here to watch the video.

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Ferro-niobium price stability benefits Malawi project, says Globe
07 Jun 2011

Brindaveni Naidoo, Mining Weekly

The price stability of ferro-niobium (FeNb), coupled with the compound yearly growth forecast for FeNb of 10%, would significantly benefit Globe's Kanyika niobium project... Read more

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Globe Metals introduces China partner in Malawi
06 Jun 2011

Kingsley Jassi
The Daily Times
A delegation from the East China Mineral Exploration Development Bureau (ECE) was in the country last week to inspect Globe Metals and Mining - Africa's activities following their takeover as majority sharedholders in the company.

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Globe Metals shares up on rare earth find
31 May 2011

Shares in Africa-focused Globe Metals and Mining shot up on Monday after it released positive rare earth exploration results. 

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Globe deal creates world of opportunity
27 May 2011

Blake Wilshaw
Resource Stocks
The recent approval of a $47.85 million investment deal has provided this company with a powerful shareholder and ally as it progresses its Kanyika Niobium Project in Malawi.

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Mzimba Niobium Mine to last 20 years - Globe
14 Apr 2011

Nyasa Times
Collins Mtika
The proposed Kanyika Niobium Mining project in Mzimba district is expected to last at least 20 years and employ 300 to 500 locals when production commences Nyasa Times has learnt. 

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Malawi a fresh source of rare earths
13 Apr 2011

Africa Mining Intelligence
Asian investors on the lookout for rare earths are casting lustful eyes on Malawi, a country long the favorite haunt of uranium explorers. Two recent transactions have pushed the country to the forefront in the hunt for metals described by some as “the vitamins of modern industry.” 

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Globe ECE investment approved
13 Apr 2011

Business Spectator
Globe Metals & Mining Ltd announced at the EGM held earlier on the day shareholders unanimously approved the $47.85 million investment in Globe by East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE) and for ECE's strategic partnership to develop the Kanyika Niobium Project in Malawi, Africa, intended to commence production of ferro-niobium in 2013, a key additive to sophisticated steels. 

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Chinese company vows REE transparency
12 Apr 2011

Rare Metal Blog
A Chinese company has signed on to a “Open Source” rare earths policy as a condition of getting approval to take a controlling stake in an Australian niobium‐REE explorer. While the projects are in Africa, this deal with the Australian regulators may set a precedent for domestic REE operations; in other words, will Chinese companies now find it easier to take a controlling stake in an Australian REE project if they commit to offering off‐take to other parties?

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Globe Metals shareholders approve Chinese investment
12 Apr 2011

Author: RWE
Source: RWE News
Sydney - Tuesday - April 12: (RWE Aust Business News) -GlobeMetals & Mining Limited (ASX: GBE) has announced that at the company's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)held earlier, Globe's shareholders unanimously approved the A$47.85m investment in Globe by East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau (ECE).

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Globe investment gets thumbs up
12 Apr 2011

Mining News Premium
SHAREHOLDERS have approved a $A47.85 million investment in Globe Metals & Mining by East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau. Proxy votes representing more than 90% of Globe shares were in favour of the transaction, enabling ECE to become a 51% shareholder in Globe. 

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Project to explore minerals in Malawi
13 Jan 2011

Thom Khanje
Daily Times
Malawi, with assistance from France, the World Bank and the European Union is about to start implementing a K5 billion comprehensive geological surveys project to establish the availability of minerals in the country’s soils and help the country attract more investment in the sector.

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Tantalum
15 Sep 2010

Mining Journal
The Kanyika niobium project of Globe Metals and Minings will come into production in 2013. The project, in central Malawi, is at the final-feasibility stage and, although the primary product will be ferro-niobium, tantalum represents a critical by-product.

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Obama wants global mining transparency standard
26 Jul 2010

Philip Burgert
Resource Investor
Disclosure requirements for mining and energy companies included in the newly enacted U.S. financial reform law should become a global standard for corporate transparency, the Obama administration said on Friday. But a Australian resources company focusing on Africa warned that it is likely to squeeze tantalum supplies and increase prices.

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Star rising in Malawi
14 Jul 2010

MiningNewsPremium.net
With a maiden resource on its Livingstonia uranium project in Malawi out, Australian-based explorer Resource Star will focus on extensional drilling to grow it even further.

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Globe expands african acreage
24 May 2010

MiningNewsPremium.net
Globe Metals & Mining has expanded its rare earth footprint in Africa after acquiring the Salambidwe property in Malawi.

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Globe dispute stops work on Malawi BFS
13 Apr 2010

Nick Evans
MiningNews.Net
GLOBE Metals and Mining says it is 'uncertain' when the company will be able to complete the bankable feasibility study on its Kanyika Niobium Project, after a dispute flared this week between Globe and its South African joint venture partner, Thuthuka Group.

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Customers keen on Kanyika niobium
23 Feb 2010

Kristie Batten
MiningNews.Net
GLOBE Metals & Mining has signed a third memorandum of understanding for the supply of niobium from its Kanyika project in Malawi.

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Fluorspar market showing signs of recovery
22 Feb 2010

Esmarie Swanepoel
MiningWeekly.com
PERTH – Africa-focused Globe Metals & Mining said on Monday that the fluorspar market was showing signs of recovery, in time for the company to make a decision on how to proceed with its 90% interest in the Mount Muambe fluorspar project, in Mozambique.

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Early interest in Globe Metals’ fluorspar property
22 Feb 2010

Tania Winter
MiningNews.Net
WHILE its early days for Globe Metals & Mining in Mozambique, interest is growing in its Mount Muambe fluorspar property.

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Chasing the rare earth dragon
17 Feb 2010

Nick Evans
MiningNewsPremium.Net
CHINA has stitched up control of more than 95% of the rare earth supply across the globe, sparking fears the supplies for non-Chinese manufacturers will someday be restricted. But are the concerns justified? Nick Evans reports.

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Mining Brief - Integra, Southern Gold, Globe Metals & Mining
17 Feb 2010

MiningNews.Net
GOLD hopeful Integra Mining said recent reconnaissance rotary air blast drilling at its Majestic prospect near Kalgoorlie has confirmed the presence of shallow gold mineralisation.

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African exploration with a subtle twist
01 Jan 2010

Tim Treadgold
Resource Stocks
What you see is not always what you get, demonstrated in duplicate by taking a close look at Globe Metals & Mining, an Australian explorer which went looking for uranium and found niobium instead.

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Infill Drilling Set to Boost Kanyika
09 Dec 2009

Kristie Batten
MiningNews.Net
GLOBE Metals & Mining has completed infill drilling at its flagship Kanyika niobium project in Malawi

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Globe picks up rare earth project
25 Nov 2009

MiningNewsPremium.Net
GLOBE Metals & Mining has entered into a joint venture agreement with Australian company Resource Star to acquire up to 80% of the Machinga rare earth project in Malawi.

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Australia’s Globe Metals to buy 90% in Mozambique fluorite project
05 Oct 2009

MiningWeekly.com
JOHANNESBURG – ASX-listed uranium and special metals company Globe Metals & Mining has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to acquire up to 90% in the Mount Muambe fluorite project, in Mozambique.

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Niobium world at Globe’s feet
01 Oct 2009

Jason Alxeander
Paydirt
Globe Metals & Mining Ltd, it seems, is a company that doesn't like to let the grass grow under its' feet.

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A rare find in Africa
01 Oct 2009

David Haselhurst
Money Magazine
Here's a prsopecting company that went looking for a uranium mine in africa but instead found a niobium mine that primses rich rewards.

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Globe sits pretty on rare metal deposit
14 Sep 2009

Michael Vaughan
Australian Financial Review
Globe Metals and Mining might retain the same lawyer in Malawi as Madonna uses for her controversial adoptions but that's about as close as the company comes to being high profile.

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01 Sep 2009
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Partner joins Globe at Kanyika
19 Aug 2009

Kristie Batten
MiningNews.net
GLOBE Metals & Mining has entered into a formal joint venture agreement with a South African company over its Kanyika niobium project in Malawi.

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SA’s Thuthuka invests $10m in Niobium Project
19 Aug 2009

Esmarie Swanepoel
MiningWeekly.com
JOHANNESBURG – South African engineering firm Thuthuka has agreed to invest $10,6-million in a joint venture to develop the Kanyika niobium project, in Malawi, owned by ASX-listed Globe Metals & Mining.

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Globe Metals signs JV on Niobium Project
19 Aug 2009

(by Edited announcement)
Business News
Globe Metals & Mining has teamed up with South African engineering outfit, Thuthuka Group to invest $US10.6 million into Globe's Kanyika Niobium Project.

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Junior undertakes to supply unnamed client with 1000 t/y of niobium produced at Malawi mine
31 Jul 2009

Jonathan Faurie
MiningWeekly.com
Junior undertakes to supply unnamed client with 1000 t/y of niobium produced at Malawi mine.

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Upgrade aids global search
01 May 2009

Africa Review (Paydirt)
It was not only confidence in the resource at its central Malawi niobium project that increased last month for Globe Metals & Mining Ltd.

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Globe meets Malawi Government
03 Apr 2009

Amanda Ellis
MiningNews.Net
Globe said it met with heads of government ministries in the country’s capital, Lilongwe, late in March, at a meeting attended and opened by Malawi’s minister for mines and energy, the Honourable Ted A Kalebe.

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Mining firm engages local community
28 Jan 2009

Deborah Chipofya
Malawi Daily Times
Globe Metals and Mining on friday donated 100 desks valued at a around K500,000 to Kanyika Community Day Secondary School in Kusungu.

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Globe rich in Kanyika resource
01 Dec 2008

The Mining Chronicle
Globe Metals & Mining has announced further excellent infill drilling results from its 100% owned multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum, zircon) Kanyika Deposit in central Malawi.

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Niobium prices and demand still high - Globe
06 Nov 2008

Claire Svircas
MiningNews.net
GLOBE Metals and Mining managing director Mark Sumich says despite the global economic crisis, the overwhelming demand for niobium raw materials and end products shows no signs of abating in the foreseeable future.

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Mining minnows drill on despite crisis
03 Nov 2008

The Australian
Globe Metals and Mining (GBE) has reported significant niobium, tantalum and uranium results from infill drilling in the highgrade Milenje zone in its Kanyika Deposit in central Malawi.

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Kanyika growth continues unabated
01 Nov 2008

Paydirt
The positive results continue to flow from Globe Metals & Mining Ltd's multi-commodity Kanyika project in central Malawi.

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New uranium zones for Globe
15 Sep 2008

MiningNews.net
Globe Metals and Mining reports the discovery of new zones of uranium at its Livingstonia project in Malawi.

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Australian miner starts prefeasibility study at Kanyika in Malawi
09 Sep 2008

Esmarie Swanepoel
MiningWeekly.com
Africa-focused uranium resource company Globe Metals & Mining has started a prefeasibility study on its wholly owned multicommodity Kanyika project, in Malawi.

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National mining award finalists announced
02 Sep 2008

MiningNews.net
AS PART of this year’s Excellence in Mining and Exploration forum Australia’s best miners and explorers will be recognised in the National Mining Awards, including Discovery of the Year, Producer of the Year, Deal of the Year and Growth Story of the Year.

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Brief - Globe Metals & Mining
31 Jul 2008

AFR.com (The Australian Financial Review - Online)
Globe Metals & Mining (ASX: GBE) has announced results from the first phase of the 2008 drilling program at its wholly-owned Livingstonia Uranium Project in Malawi.

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Niobium - The next big one
23 Jul 2008

MiningNews.Net
IN A resources super-cycle, it is only right and proper that some of the less well known commodities, generically known as specialty or minor metals, also get their 15 minutes of fame. This week Strictly Boardroom opens the floor to Globe Metals & Mining managing director Mark Sumich*, who puts the investment case for niobium – and digs up a few lesser-known facts.

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Globe targets resource upgrade at Kanyika
18 Jul 2008

Paydirt
Globe Uranium Ltd has started its 2008 drilling campaign at the 100% owned, multicommodity niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon Kanyika project in Malawi.

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Uranium drilling recommences
16 Jul 2008

The Mining Chronicle
Globe Uranium has commenced a 7000m drill program at its Livingstonia project. The program is designed to follow up the roll-front style, sandstonehosted uranium mineralisation intersected in the 2007 RC drilling at the Chombe prospect.

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Globe expands Malawian footprint with Kanyika Project
15 Jul 2008

The Mining Chronicle
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Kanyika scoping study
08 Jul 2008

Charlotte Dudley
MiningNews.Net
A RECENTLY completed scoping study at Globe Metals’ Kanyika project in Malawi has indicated potential for a 20-year life of mine. The study, conducted by Coffey Mining, assessed operational scenarios and identified niobium as the primary commodity with the low strip ratio lending the project to openpit mining.

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Globe expands Malawian footprint
22 May 2008

Mining News Premium
Charlotte Dudley
Australian resource play Globe Uranium has bolstered its African exploration portfolio by picking up a new prospecting licence in Malawi, north of the company’s existing Kanyika project.

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Two years to greenfield niobium resource
01 May 2008

Barry Avery
Paydirt
Staked as a grassroots EPL in Malawi two years ago, Globe Uranium Ltd is justifiably proud of the distance its Kanyika niobium-uranium-tantalum-zircon deposit has come since then. It was in March 2006 that Globe pegged the ground in central Malawi and has spent $3 million proving up the maiden resource, which was announced in the same month this year.

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Global attraction for unique commodity
01 May 2008

Resource Stocks
Ron Berryman
Resource exploration carries an inherent risk that a great deal of planning, hard work and money can still fail to discover anything worthwhile. But Globe has experienced almost the opposite.

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Malawi to benefit from niobium mining
22 Apr 2008

Dumbant Mzale
The Daily Times
Malawi stands to benefit from the impending mining of niobium mineral that Globe intends to extract at Kanyika north of Kusungu district.

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Kasungu sitting on high grade mineral
18 Apr 2008

Gerald Namwaza
Malawi Daily Times
NIOBIUM, a mineral that is used in the steel industry to make high strength metal has been discovered North of Kasungu the Daily Times has learnt.

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Steel makes the market
14 Apr 2008

Luke Forrestal
BRW Online
Iron ore, coking coal, manganese, molybdenum - all are either main ingredients in steel making or common steel additives and all are experiencing red-hot demand, predominantly from China.

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Globe provides niobium estimate
04 Apr 2008

MiningJournal
Globe Uranium has provided the initial resource estimate for its Kanyika project in Malawi, more than doubling the anticipated resource.

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Globe to fit fashion with niche metal
03 Apr 2008

Charlotte Dudley
MiningNews.net
AUSTRALIAN junior explorer Globe Uranium was investigating a uranium anomaly at its Kanyika project in Malawi when it stumbled on an obscure metal known as niobium.

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Steel additives
01 Apr 2008

Charlotte Dudley
MiningNewsPremium
IT IS no newsflash to say there’s a rush on for iron ore, but what of the other mining products needed to make steel?

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Globe changes tack with initial Kanyika resource
31 Mar 2008

Kate Haycock
MiningNews.net
GLOBE Uranium’s Kanyika project in Malawi has yielded a surprise initial JORC-compliant resource containing 320 million pounds of niobium metal and 8.9Mlb of uranium, shifting the company’s focus away from yellowcake and towards the steel additive.

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Globe, Aura Energy shoot up on uranium
31 Mar 2008

Rebecca Lawson
WA Business News
The share prices of two Perth-based companies have shot up 40% or more today on the back of uranium and other commodity results from their projects in Malawi and Sweden.

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Malawi - New uranium mine on track for 2009 start-up
11 Feb 2008

Liezel Hill
MiningWeekly.com
Uranium to earn $1.6 billion over decade - Finance Minister

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Company starts uranium exploration in Kasungu
25 Jan 2008

Samuel Chibaya
The Nation
Reports indicate that Globe Uranium, the country's second uranium mining company, has started srilling works at Kanyika in Kusungu as part of the mineral's explorations in the country.

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Uranium search starts in Kasungu
25 Jan 2008

Henry Mchazime
The Daily Times
Australian based Globe Uranium Limited on Monday announced that it had commissioned a study on its multi-mineral Kanyika project in the Central Region to determine its viability before developing it on full scale.

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Lynda Chalker happy with uranium mining project
21 Jan 2008

George Ntonya
The Daily Times
Former British Minister for Overseas Development Lynda Chalker has described the multi-million dollar Kayelekera Uranium Project in Karonga as a "a good project for Malawi and Malawians"

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Changes add appeal to african continent (Resource Stocks)
10 Jan 2008
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Aussies flock to uranium deposits
09 Jan 2008

Africa Mining Intelligence
Mining juniors are beginning to flock to Malawi.

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Australian company discovers uranium in Malawi
12 Dec 2007

The Southern African
 

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Uranium boom attracts 2 foreign investors
04 Oct 2007

Sam Banda Jnr
Malawi Daily Times
The exploration of Uranium in Karonga has excited international mining companies who are now flocking to the country in search of minerals, it has been learnt.

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Globe acquires new african ground
23 Jul 2007

Mabvuto Banda
MiningNews.Net
Malawi's economy expanded by an estimated 9.7 percent in 2008, boosted by an expansion of the telecommunication industry, high tobacco sales and a strong maize harvest, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

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Ferrets stock to watch - Globe Uranium
09 Jul 2007

RWE Australian Business News
Uranium stocks are still favourites on the mining speculative front with explorers currently expanding around the globe. One good example is Globe Uranium Ltd (ASX:GBE), now aptly named. Last week Globe Uranium reported its first-ever drilling results at its Kanyika uranium project in central Malawi.

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Globe Uranium - $14m to spend
01 Jul 2007

Australian Investor Article
Globe Uranium Limited is a uranium explorer with assets in Malawi and Argentina. Mr Mark Sumich, Managing Director of Globe Uranium Limited talked to the Australian Investor about the Company.

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Offshore prospects lure explorer
27 Jun 2007

Rebecca Le May
Gold & Minerals Gazette
Globe Uranium's goal for 2007 is to define a JORC-compliant resource at one of it's two main Malawi projects - Kanyika and Livingstonia - acquired in March last year.

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More land, uranium mineralisation for Globe
20 Apr 2007

Mining News
FIRST trench results from its Kanyika project in Malawi have confirmed widespread uranium mineralisation at the prospect, Globe Uranium reported today, with the company also announcing the addition of a new prospecting licence to its tenements in the area.

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More uranium results for Globe
31 Jan 2007

Mining News
FURTHER exploration at Globe Uranium's wholly-owned Salta project in Argentina has identified new visible uranium mineralisation over a potential 20km strike length, while rock chip channel sampling and grab results returned additional mineralisation in both new and previously targeted areas.

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Globe on the ball for uranium
13 Dec 2006

Mining News
INITIAL ground follow-up work at Globe Uranium's Livingstonia property in northern Malawi has returned significant widths of uranium values from three of its airborne radiometric anomalies.

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Sampling figures boost Globe shares
14 Nov 2006

Mining News
High grade sampling results from Kanyika

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Australian company advances in search for uranium
21 Oct 2006

Salta al dia
Prospecting for uranium in the eastern range in Salta is progressing encouragingly, according to a statement from a representative of Australian Globe Uranium, to the Secretary for Mining, Ricardo Alonso.

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Globe spinning around uranium
16 Oct 2006

Mining News
GLOBE Uranium has significantly extended its uranium mineralisation at the Puesto Orozco property in northern Argentina, as well as receiving "highly encouraging" results from reconnaissance rock-chip sampling.
 

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No need to cry for Argentina
01 Oct 2006

Chris Cann
Resource Stocks
The economic quagmire that was the Argentine economy at the turn of the millennium is a thing of the past, and companies are increasingly choosing the country as a destination for their investment dollars.

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Australian International Trade Fair
21 Jun 2006

Salta al Dia
Exploration works by ADY Resources Ltd have commenced at salar (saline) del Rincón, and the company Globe Uranium has acquired uranium explorations rights. Both firms made the announcement during the Australian International Trade Fair, AMEC 2006 which took place some weeks ago in Perth.

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Newcomer storms market
01 May 2006

Michael Weir
Resource Stocks
Sometimes a story manages to capture the market’s attention and it is fair to say Globe Uranium has done just that.

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Dont cry for me Argentina
01 Apr 2006

The Australian
Don't cry for uranium exploration Argentina. With apologies to the writers of the hit musical Evita, there are than a few people with smiles after yesterday's announcement by junior minor Globe Uranium.

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Globe Uranium Limited
15 Mar 2006

African Mining Intelligence
 

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Globe Uranium granted two exclusive prospecting licences in Malawi
01 Mar 2006

African Mining Quarterly
Globe Uranium Limited has been granted two Exclusive Prospecting Licenses (EPLs) covering 928sq km by the Commissioner for Mines and minerals in Malawi.

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Globe makes hay
01 Mar 2006

Ainslie Chandler
The West Australian
Globe Uranium's fired-up shares shrugged off an Australian Stock Exchange query to briefly threaten $1 yesterday, retaining the limelight as the broader stockmarket struggled.

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