Copper 360 in new turmoil after CEO takes “leave of absence”
COPPER 360, the Northern Cape miner, said on Friday it had appointed a “transitional” CEO after Graham Briggs – in the job for eight months – had taken a “leave of absence”.…
Copper 360’s ‘make or break’ year turns to ‘break’
This time last year Miningmx commented that 2025 would be a ‘make or break’ year for Northern Cape junior miner Copper 360 and, unfortunately, it has turned out to be ‘break’.…
Former Harmony campaigner is Copper 360’s last chance
THE scale of former Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs’s job at Copper 360 will become apparent when the junior miner publishes its year-end numbers (to February 28). A trading…
Copper 360 hires former Harmony CEO as seeks scale
COPPER 360 has drafted in gold industry veteran and former Minerals Council vice-president Graham Briggs as its new CEO following a period of leadership turnover. In October last…
Copper 360 rejigs debt as benefits from producer status
NORTHERN Cape junior copper producer Copper 360 has restructured R276.6m of short-term debt into long-term debt cutting the interest rate it is paying by more than 50%. According…
Copper 360 CEO says firm has “turned a corner”
COPPER 360, a start-up copper miner operating in South Africa’s Northern Cape, said it had “turned a corner” as it sought to meet production targets. “We’ve turned a corner with…
Copper 360 starts development of Rietberg mine
COPPER 360 on Wednesday said it had started development of its Rietberg underground mine in the Northern Cape with the first on-ore blast taking place on January 31. Newly…
Copper 360 mulls entering renewable power distribution
COPPER 360 has signed a deal to acquire 55MW of wind power for R60m which it said on Wednesday could form the business of a renewable distribution business. The Northern Cape…
Copper 360 founder prepares to relinquish control
LETTING go is hard to do for entrepreneurs, as Shirley Hayes is finding out. Hayes, the founder of SHiP (Shirley Hayes IPK Pty), is the 53.2% owner of Copper 360, a mining…
Copper 360 anticipates dividend despite missed targets
IT’S hard to fault Jan Nelson for optimism. Copper 360’s CEO says he aims to declare a maiden dividend in February. That would represent a major turnaround for the company, which…
Copper 360 on track to produce 2,000 tons of cathode, says CEO
COPPER360, Johannesburg’s newest mining listing, said construction of a copper concentrate plant was on schedule for November in line with its target of producing 2,000 tons of…
Copper 360 lists on the JSE promising big returns for its shareholders and neighbouring communities
COPPER 360’s strategy was to build its copper operations in the Northern Cape and mine them itself to take the profit margins on offer because the “numbers are scary in terms of…
Copper 360 lists on JSE and reveals a surprising new investor
COPPER 360 has finally released its pre-listing statement (PLS) after getting approval from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and will list on the JSE’s AltX sector on April 21…
Nelson to list Copper360 on Altx in October following reverse takeover by SHiP
INVESTORS on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will get a rare thing in October – a copper production company when former gold executive Jan Nelson lists his Northern Cape…
The mining entrepreneurs who say Southern Africa is rediscovering its mojo for copper
COPPER mining in the Northern Cape shut down in the early 2000s when the former Gold Fields of South Africa finally closed the Okiep mine. It’s back with a vengeance, however,…