Metals & Minerals News

Caerus blocked by military from Kalavasos dumps

Caerus Mineral Resource plc has been blocked by a military buffer zone and refused permission to renew its licence to explore waste dumps for copper and gold at the Kalavasos project in Cyprus. KALAVASOS The company’s subsidiary New Cyprus Copper (NCC) holds four licences in the region as part of Caerus’s ‘clean energy’ initiative with […]

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Block starts drilling well extension to test 200 MMbbls in Patardzeuli oil field

Block Energy plc has started drilling on the JSR-01DEEP well, an extension to the JSR-01 well, to test contingent resources of over 200 million barrels (MMbbls) in the Patardzeuli oil field in Block XIB in Georgia. PROJECT II The start of operations marks the beginning of Project II of the company’s three-project strategy in Georgia. Block […]

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Red Rock intersects gold and mineralised zones at Bilbale

Red Rock Resources plc reported that three of four holes encountered gold and one intersected three gold mineralised zones from reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Bilbale licence, southwest Burkina Faso. LICENCES Chairman Andrew Bell added that the mineralisation included a high grade zone near surface. The assets are held by Faso Greenstone Resources SARL […]

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Prospex raises £500,000 via loan notes for Selva

Prospex Energy plc has raised £500,000 via the issue of unsecured convertible loan notes to existing and new investors. SUBSCRIBERS The company said that the loan notes had been issued to three individual subscribers. The loan notes hold 15% interest and are convertible into new ordinary shares at a price of 5.5p at any time […]