Jersey Oil & Gas plc said it will carefully consider the impact of the changes to the Energy Profits Levy on its Greater Buchan Area project, northeast of Aberdeen in the Outer Moray Firth IMPLICATIONS On 29 July, the Government announced that the EPL will increase to 38% from 1 November 2024, bringing the headline rate […]
Month: November 2024
Deltic JV spuds Selene exploration well
Deltic Energy plc said drilling had started on the Selene exploration well in the Southern North Sea. FARM-OUTS Partner and operator Shell UK Ltd expects operations on well 48/8b-3 within licence P2437 to take 90 days. Deltic estimates the Selene gas structure contains gross P50 prospective resources of 318 bcf in the Leman Sandstone reservoir. […]
Tertiary delineates copper-in-soil anomaly
Tertiary Minerals plc has delineated a “large and strategically located copper-in-soilanomaly” at its Mupala project in the Kabompo Dome of the Nothwestern Province, Zambia. PROMISING The company collected 684 soil samples in areas of anomalous copper-in-soil with results identifying a copper-in-soil anomaly approximately 1,800m long by 600m wide. Portable X-ray fluorescence analysis identified a peak […]
Guardian stakes more claims at Pilot
Guardian Metal Resources plc has staked 16 further claims at its Pilot Mountain tungsten project following indications of a “much larger” porphyry system than first expected. EXPANSION The company engaged porphyry copper deposit specialist Dr Lawrence Carter following the June discovery of the mineralised system in drill hole PM24-002 at the Nevada site. He will assess […]
Helium One re-enters Itumbula West-1
Helium One Global Ltd has started drilling the Itumbula West-1 (ITW-1) well before a planned extended well test on the Rukwa licence, Tanzania. FEASIBILITY STUDY On 26 July, operations began to test two intervals of the fractured Basement and faulted Karoo sections. The company said it had drilled out the 9⅝” shoe track and was […]
Altona exercises Sesana option
Altona Rare Earths plc has exercised its option to acquire up to 85% in the Sesana copper-silver project within PL2329/2023 in Botswana’s Kalahari copper belt. COMPANY MOVES The company and vendor Ignate African Minerals (Pty) Ltd are expected to sign the final agreement shortly. Altona said that activities relating to Botswana environmental and administrative processes […]