Galantas Gold Corporation said it had achieved some its the best results to date from the Kearney vein with potential to expand resource at Cavanacaw mine in Omagh, County Tyrone. KEARNEY VEIN Results are from three underground holes drilled in a 4,000m drilling programme. Hole FR-DD-22-UG-181 intersected 31.7 g/t Au and 58.5 g/t Ag over […]
Day: 15 November 2024
Alba to quicken start of gold production from Clogau waste tip
Alba Mineral Resources plc plans to quicken the start of gold production following recent assay results from the waste tip at Clogau-St David’s mine in North Wales. RESULTS The company conducted its phase II sampling programme at the waste tip from which assay results from five pits dug in January 2022 returned gold grades of […]
Tullow completes deal on Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana
Tullow Oil plc has completed the pre-emption transaction to take its interests to 38.9% in the Jubilee field and to 54.8% in the TEN fields in Ghana. PRODUCTION The pre-emption relates to the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana to Kosmos Energy. The $118 million payment sees an […]
Neptune finds hydrocarbons at Hamlet
Neptune Energy and its partners today announced it had encountered hydrocarbons at the Hamlet exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea. EARLY STAGE The joint venture decided to start coring at the reservoir, located within the Gjøa licence (PL153), although it has yet to confirm if commercial volumes are present. In a statement Neptune added […]
Tungsten West breaks ground for XRT ore sorters
Tungsten West plc said it had broken ground for the installation of the x-ray transmission (XRT) ore sorters at its tin-tungsten mine at Hemerdon in Devon. PROCESSING PLANT Earlier this month, the company received long-lead equipment items, including the seven XRT ore sorters, ahead of the start of digging at the site on 17 March. […]
Tungsten West appoints James McFarlane as MD
Tungsten West plc has appointed James McFarlane as managing director. Mr McFarlane was previously technical and operations director of the company. He has unrivalled knowledge of Hemerdon along with global technical mining experience and a strong background in UK mining operations. Mr McFarlane has held senior roles in active mining operations in England, Wales, Scotland, […]