Egdon Resources plc has been refused planning permission for a side-track drilling operation, associated testing and long-term oil production at the Biscathorpe site (PEDL253) in Lincolnshire. OPTIONS The county council’s planning committee rejection is against the council’s planning officers recommendation to approve the operator’s plans. The project’s joint venture partner Union Jack Oil plc (45%) […]
Day: 15 November 2024
Alba Mineral refused water discharge permit for Clogau-St David’s gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said its application had been refused for an environmental permit to discharge water at Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales. LLECHFRAITH SHAFT Alba had planned to allow treated mine water from the Llechfraith shaft to discharge to the Afon Cwm-llechen (River Cwm-Llechen). The company today reported that Natural Resources Wales (NRW) […]
Altus starts 35,000m drill programme at Tabakorole
Altus Strategies plc has started a combined 35,000m reverse circulation (RC), air core (AC), and auger drilling programme at the Tabakorole gold project in southern Mali. MINERAL RESOURCE The company holds a 49% equity interest and 2.5% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the joint venture project with exploration funded by Marvel Gold Ltd. A […]
Power Metal exercises option to acquire Pilot
Power Metal Resources plc has acquired the Pilot Mountain tungsten-copper-silver-zinc project in Nevada, United States. GOLDEN METAL The company’s subsidiary Golden Metal Resources Ltd signed the option at the end of August, adding the acquisition to its other projects of Garfield and Stonewall and the right to earn 100% of Golconda Summit. The deal sees Power […]
Helium One appoints Chris Eyre as CFO
Helium One Global has appointed Chris Eyre as chief financial officer. Mr Eyre is based in Tanzania and has detailed knowledge of local financial regulatory requirements acquired as regional financial controller for Tata East Africa region where he was responsible for group financial functions across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. He has broad experience of commodity […]
Helium One appoints Colin Ivory as COO
Helium One Global has appointed Colin Ivory as chief operating officer. Mr Ivory is an international operations manager with more than 38 years proven experience in the oil and gas industry and has occupied various roles globally in challenging and remote locations. He has conducted numerous drilling programmes across East and West Africa, South East […]