Modern Mining October 2025

FutureCoal appoints Mike Teke as Chairman

De Beers and Endiama discover new kimberlite field in Angola

Diamond miner, De Beers, together with Angola’s national diamond company, Endiama, recently announced a significant step forward in their joint exploration efforts with the discovery of kimberlite, the host rock for diamonds, in Angola. In July 2025, the De Beers-Endiama joint venture successfully intersected kimberlite in its first drill hole into a high-priority cluster of targets, identified from the airborne surveys completed in March 2025. This breakthrough represents the discovery of the first new kimberlite field by De Beers Group in more than three decades. Over the coming months, further drilling, ground geophysical surveys, and laboratory analysis will be conducted to confirm the kimberlite type and assess

FutureCoal has appointed Mike Teke as its new Chairman.

The Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal (FutureCoal) has appointed Mike Teke, Group CEO of Seriti Resources, as its new Chairman effective 12 August 2025, following the retirement of July Ndlovu. As Chair of FutureCoal’s Southern Africa Chapter, Teke has already played a significant role in advancing the Alliance’s Sustainable Coal Stewardship (SCS) framework. This practical, innovative, and technology-led roadmap provides a 10-year pathway for modernisation and responsible investment aimed at delivering both economic and environmental benefits. n

De Beers and Endiama discover new kimberlite field in Angola.

its diamond potential. This latest milestone builds on the foundation of two Mineral Investment Contracts signed between De Beers and the Government of Angola in April 2022, and a MoU signed at Mining Indaba in February 2024.

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