UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) announced construction had started of the drilling pad and access road for Basur-3 appraisal well at the 50%-owned, 305 km² Resan licence in Turkey. UKOG and joint venture partner Aladdin Middle East are expected to take some 60 days on the construction. Basur-3 lies approximately 1.2km north and geologically […]
Day: 15 November 2024
Altona signs MoU for Monte Muambe
Altona Rare Earths plc has signed an memorandum of understanding for up to a 70% earn-in of the Monte Muambe rare earths project in northwest Mozambique. OPEN PIT Altona, which also has rare earth interests in southeast Uganda and southern Malawi, signed the MoU with Ussokoti Investimetos Limitada to start a legal and technical due […]
North Sea Transition Deal involves £16bn investment
The Government has published the North Sea Transition Deal which includes up to £16 billion of government and industry investment, a reduction in greenhouses gases and the creation of new skilled employment. The deal, reached between Government, oil and gas companies and the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA), looks at how the offshore hydrocarbon sector […]
Cornish Metals to start drilling at United Downs
Cornish Metals Inc announced it would start an exploration drill programme during the first week of April at its United Downs project in Cornwall. The Canadian miner received its drilling permit from Cornwall Council and on 6 April will begin the first of up to five separate drill sites. The company aims to follow-up on […]
Oriole cuts losses by 81% and raises £2.37m
Oriole Resources plc reduces losses by more than 80% and raised £2.37 million through its portfolio of assets in Africa and Turkey. The company said that the significant reduction was partly driven by an unrealised foreign exchange gain of £317,000, compared with a £445,000 exchange loss in 2019. The remaining sum of £578,000 was the […]