The Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Government of Serbia announced the Public Insight into the “Draft of the […]

Regular exchange of information about the exploration decline project, as well as support for the development of the village, are the basic elements […]

Company representatives and Metovnica’s Local Community Council members further their mutual trust and cooperation Harmonious cooperation of mining […]

The famous business magazine Forbes published the list of Top 2000 World’s Largest Public Companies in 2019 on May 16th, at which Zijin Mining ranks […]

Rakita company, which operates within the Chinese mining corporation Zijin, has participated for the third time at the Job Fair in Bor, organized by […]

In order to upgrade the theoretical knowledge in the field of geology, the students of the Technical School from Bor and the French school from […]

Unemployed women from Bor and surrounding villages, 24 of them, completed free training for writing business plan funded by Rakita, which operates […]

For the arrangement of a park in the center of the village of Slatina and the coast of the Borska River, the company Zijin has allocated more than […]

Students of the Technical Faculty in Bor, within the professional practice, visit together with teachers and associates the facilities where mining […]

Rakita company, which operates within the Chinese mining corporation Zijin, has provided free Wi-Fi signal in the centers of the villages Metovnica, […]

Zijin Mining, which at the end of 2018 became the owner of Canadian company “Nevsun Resources”, and Serbian Company “Rakita Exploration”, appointed […]

Vancouver, BC, / Fujian, China — Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX: NSU) (NYSE AMERICAN: NSU) (“Nevsun”) and Zijin […]

Parents and teachers from Slatina will no longer worry for the safety of children while they are engaged in sports activities at a small stadium near […]

Commitment to supporting physical culture in primary schools and their safety are some of Rakita’s priorities in contributing to the local […]

Two hundred fifty children aged up to 10, from Brestovac, Metovnica and Slatina, received New Year gifts as a gift from Rakita, and within the same […]

Approximately thirty representatives from fourteen Bor civil society organizations attended training workshops in December 2018 to strengthen their […]

By distributing 20 honey seedlings to each beekeeper from the village of Slatina, Rakita completed a support programme for honey producers with the […]

Rakita received the award of the Responsible Business Forum for achievements in contributing to the local community, and it was presented during the […]

Rakita donated a five-year license for the software “SURPAC” to the Faculty of Technology in Bor, which will enable mining students to […]

Company Rakita Exploration has become a member of the Responsible Business Forum. This decision was made after the approval of all members of the […]

Bearing in mind the importance of presenting science to young people in an interesting and creative way, Rakita, like in the previous year, helped […]

Taking into account the complexity of the land acquisition process for the needs of the Čukaru Peki Project, Rakita has updated the content of the […]

When a company working on geological exploration and the construction of an exploration decline achieves a continuous 586 day period without a single […]

When Rakita increased the bonus structure for the Land Acquisition Program in December 2017, we also communicated our intention to maintain fair and […]

In order to help the education and facilitate mastering of curriculum for high school students through new technologies, Rakita participates in the […]

The Geology department of Rakita has continued the Condemnation Exploration Drilling Program during the third quarter period 2018. The goal of these […]

SINCE THE CEREMONY MARKING THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPLORATION DECLINE IN EARLY JUNE, WORKS ON ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PIECES OF THE PROJECT […]

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, held a meeting with representatives of Zijin, Nevsun and Rakita, to review all aspects of potential […]

This year, the Land Acquisition Team developed two new livelihood improvement mechanisms for those who sold or were planning to sell their land: […]

Based on an initiative by Rakita, traffic safety lectures were held in September at the beginning of a new school year for children from lower grades […]

In September, Rakita hired a contractor to measure noise emission levels from the construction site of the exploration decline. The goal of these […]

Zijin Mining Offers to acquire Nevsun Resources, operator of the Cukari Peki exploration project in Bor and Bisha Mine in Eritrea, for 1.41 billion […]

The traditional 26th Dance Festival in Slatina gathered a large number of performers and cultural-artistic societies showcasing their traditions. […]

As part of the fifth annual beekeeping exhibition held in Slatina in late August, Mladen Krstić, a lecturer from the Association of Beekeepers of […]

Culinary masters preparing old, traditional foods from Macedonia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia competed in late August in […]

The “15th International Youth Work Exploration Camp” (Moriek 2018) titlde “Youth are the Law” was held in August on Stol mountain near Bor. The camp, […]

During the development of the the Čukaru Peki Project, Rakita representatives, in cooperation with the Mayor of Bor, held town hall meetings with […]

The story of a retired Bor miner who spent his working age underground with details of his everyday work is just one of the stories implemented […]

Two kilometres of regional roads near Slatina were repaired in July based on feedback from members of the local community. To provide residents with […]

Rakita Exploration and the “Borske šape” Citizens’ Association have signed an agreement whereby Rakita will provide a donation as support for a […]

Barriers stopping surface runoff are regarded as one of the best practices in mining and construction, and building them is one of Rakita’s […]

Brestovac, Metovnica,  One hundred volunteers from Brestovac, Metovnica and Bor responded to the call to clean up the banks of the river […]

The Ministry of Mining and Energy has granted Rakita permission to extend geological exploration of copper mineralisation and of associated ore […]

As part of the construction of the exploration decline, blasting operations started on 13 June. The contractor is the construction company Strabag. […]

Celebrating the World Environment Day, Bor’s Association of Sports Fishermen Rudar, with the support of Rakita, organised a clean-up of the lakefront […]

Rakita strives to maintain a high level of health and safety. Safety rules must be adhered to by all members of staff – both Rakita’s and its […]

Company Rakita Exploration has begun exploratory mining activities in reference to the construction of a decline as part of the geological […]

Stanoje Miljković Primary School from Brestovac won Games Without Borders organised for the third year in a row by the Teachers’ Society Bor in […]

The footballers of the OFK Slatina, the most successful football club in the Municipality of Bor at the moment, will be playing in new football kit […]

Good cooperation between Rakita Exploration and Bor’s local government continued in late May with the exchange of information on the current stage of […]

Luka Petrović, student of the final year of Dušan Radović Primary School in Bor, is the winner of the National Research Project Competition. He won […]

The Vocational Guidance Fair entitled “Together to Secondary School” was held in Sports Centre Bor. As a company that supports the development of the […]

To make sure that all human and environmental protection measures are taken in accordance with domestic and international standards, Rakita’s staff […]

Having accepted the invitation of the Technical School in Bor to take part in the Job Shadowing programme, Rakita hosted four students, Miloš […]

Rakita’s Info Center celebrates its fourth anniversary on 27 April. In the past four years, the Info Center has established successful communication […]

In an effort to mitigate the unemployment problem in Bor, the National Employment Service has been organising Job Fairs for a number of years now. […]

In the past year, our company implemented the Handicrafts project, which involved engaging 25 unemployed women from the villages of Brestovac, […]

“Battle for Knowledge” is the name of the action launched by the Fund B92 with the goal of providing robots for as many schools in Serbia […]

Association “Bor’s Paws” and our company have established cooperation over the past period in order to reduce the number of stray dogs on the streets […]

By wishing to nurture the tradition of sport and healthy education of young people in the village of Brestovac, our company has supported the local […]

Company Nevsun announced March 28, 2018 the results of the Preliminary Feasibility Study for the Timok Upper Zone Project at the Cukaru Peki deposit. […]

Company Nevsun is pleased to announce new analysis results obtained from the recently completed research program of the Timok Lower Zone, in which $ […]

When a company whose activity is characterized as risky, such as geological exploration and mining, reaches 380 workdays without any injuries, […]

Bearing in mind that the activities in the field of geological and mining exploration are performed mainly on the field, it is unnecessary to mention […]

The past winter was characterized by huge amounts of snow during February and March, as far as eastern Serbia was concerned, especially Bor. As a […]

Bearing in mind the importance of quality and consistent communication with the representatives of local communities, especially the villages of […]

Concerning the obtaining of a license for the construction of the exploration decline, i.e. the execution of mining activities regarding the […]

On March 1, 2018 the Canadian company Nevsun, that conducts its business activities through its Serbian subsidiary Rakita, was given a permit to […]

In February this year, Rakita organized financial management training. The training was intended for the owners of parcels that they had previously […]

Her Excellency, Canada’s Ambassador to Serbia, Kati Csaba, as well as representatives of the Canadian-Serbian Business Association (CANSEE), visited […]

Following the needs of the local community, and in accordance with the defined Contribution Strategy, our company, in partnership with the […]

The “Handicrafts” Project, supported by our company in 2017 through a series of trainings with the aim of employing women in rural areas, was […]

Company Rakita has decided to raise the bonus by 40% on the price for the purchase of land parcels which are being bought in order to create proper […]

Successful cooperation between our company and the General Hospital in Bor has been continued through a donation in the form of slings, which will be […]

Eight unemployed women from the village of Metovnica started a training for making handicrafts using a weaving technique. This is the third phase of […]

Our company has received an acknowledgement from the Chamber of Commerce in Zajecar and Fund „B92“ for the participation and support to an action […]

What is geologist doing, what is geology, and what the exploration implies – these where just some of the questions that students of primary schools […]

The results of the Preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which has been made by Nevsun Resources, show that the overall project value of the future […]

Second phase of the “Handicrafts” program, which our company realizes in cooperation with local NGOs “Arhaik” and […]

Responding to the needs of the local community, our company, in cooperation with the company “S Inzenjering” from Bor, provided a certain […]

Accepting an active role in the overall development of mining and metallurgy in eastern Serbia, our company provided true support in organizing and […]

As we move towards the next phase of development of the Cukaru Peki project, Rakita doo is undergoing some organization changes.  Mr. Dejan […]

In cooperation with the Beekeeping Association “Slatina”, our company, within the Beekeeping Development Program in this village, […]

After completion of the Handicrafts training in Brestovac, the realization of the training for felting started in Slatina, in cooperation with the […]

At the initiative of Rakita, and in cooperation with the Association for Development of the Municipality of Bor and the Association […]

Interest for Rakita’s Open House in Bor, as well as in the villages Slatina, Brestovac and Metovnica, showed close to 300 people. During four days […]

Interest for Rakita’s Open House in Bor, as well as in the villages Slatina, Brestovac and Metovnica, showed close to 300 people. During four […]

At the initiative of Rakita, the project “Handicrafts”, aimed at economic empowerment of women in rural areas, will be realized in the […]

Rakita organizes the “Open House” in order to inform the public about the Timok project that is being implemented on the territory of the […]

We are pleased to announce final assay results from the recently completed infill drilling of the Upper Zone at the Timok copper-gold project. […]

We are pleased to announce new assay results from on-going drilling of the Lower Zone at the Timok copper-gold project. Drilling continues to confirm […]

In the middle of June, the river banks of Brestovacka Reka and Borska Reka in the villages of Brestovac, Slatina and Metovnica were packed with […]

Bor, April 26, 2017 8th grade students of Primary school „Stanoje Miljkovic“ in Brestovac, as well as from departments in Sarbanovac and Metovnica, […]

Rakita is pleased to provide an update on the high-grade Timok Upper Zone (“Timok UZ”) project. Highlights Overall PFS  remains on track for […]

March 16 – April 5, 2017 – Knowing that quality and harmonious communication with the local community is one of the most important […]

Bor’s National Employment Service organized the 14th Job Fair in Sports centre’s hall in Bor. One of the Fair participants was also Rakita which has […]

How important is compliance with legal regulations, and how cautious should you be in business communication which sometimes involves the exchange of […]

Local and national media representatives were guests of Rakita so they could get to know the realization of geological exploration project ‘Timok’ so […]

Due to the need for communication and cooperation with relevant national institutions, Rakita opened an office located at 12 Brace Nedic Street in […]

Rakita has defined the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), which represents the baseline for communication and cooperation with all target audiences […]

Nevsun Resources’ COO Frazer Bourchier met with Aleksandar Antic, Minister of Mining and Energy in the Government of the Republic of Serbia.   […]