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Test at Kirkham Abbey encourages West Newton JV

The joint venture partners at West Newton PEDL183 perforated an initial interval of 25 metres of the 62 metre Kirkham Abbey hydrocarbon column. On 7 June, site operator Rathlin Energy (UK) Ltd began well testing at the West Newton B1-Z (WNB-1Z) sidetrack, initially focusing on the lower portion of the Kirkham Abbey. Partners Reabold Resources […]

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Altus extends Moroccan Cu-Ag portfolio to 14 projects

Altus Strategies plc has been granted four new silver-copper exploration projects and an extension to an existing one, taking the total licence area to 824.3km2 in Morocco. The new projects are considered to be highly prospective for silver and copper and total 148.5 km2 in the Anti-Atlas of central Morocco. PROJECTS Agdz copper-silver project has been […]

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Alba finds new high-grade gold target near near Gwynfynydd

Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had identified a new high-grade regional gold target within its exploration licence area of the Dolgellau gold belt, Wales. The target, close to Gwynfynydd gold mine, showed with grab samples grading up to 24g/t. Stream sediment samples are being taken as part of an ongoing study in collaboration with […]

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Cornish JV chooses GeoLith to extract lithium in £4m pilot plant

Cornish joint venture company GeoCubed has chosen GeoLith SAS for its direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology to use in the £4 million pilot plant due to be commissioned by the end of March 2022 in Cornwall. The pilot plant will process 140 metres3 of deep geothermal water which Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) said it had obtained […]

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Power Metal confirms geological model for magmatic sulphides at Molopo

Power Metal Resources plc said that recent proof-of-concept drilling had confirmed the geological model for magmatic sulphide mineralisation at Molopo Farms Complex (MFC) in Botswana. The company currently has a 40% direct MFC project interest as well as an 18% share in operator Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration Pty Ltd, for a combined effective economic interest of 50.8%. […]

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Alba completes 100% acquisition of Greenland projects

Alba Mineral Resources plc has acquired outstanding minority interests to complete its 100% ownership of the Amitsoq graphite and Melville Bay iron ore projects in Greenland. The acquisitions are a precursor to the spin-out of Alba’s Greenland projects into a new AIM-quoted company Listco. The transaction requires 100% ownership of all the Greenland projects to be delivered to Listco.   […]