Alba Mineral Resources plc has removed around 25 tonnes of ore from historic mining, due to be processed for gold, from the Llechfraith target at its Clogau-St David’s mine in north Wales. BLASTING The “significant” exercise cleared the in-situ ore on levels 4 and 5, which “greatly exceeded” the anticipated volume and consequently extended the […]
Month: December 2024
Europa revenues fall on lower production-prices
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc revenue fell by nearly half on lower oil production and prices following a busy and “at times challenging” year. POTENTIAL The company’s interests are onshore UK – notably the Wressle joint venture – Equatorial Guinea and Ireland. Results for 12 months ended 31 July 2024 show revenue fell 46% […]
Mushima North shows widespread mineralisation
Tertiary Minerals plc has intersected widespread copper and zinc mineralisation at its Mushima North copper project in Zambia. ANOMALY Twenty-five holes were drilled to a maximum depth of 112m on three traverses at target A1, a copper-in-soil anomaly covering 3km north-south by 1.5km east-west, and one at C1. Multiple drill holes from the inaugural programme […]
Deeper drilling in Viura-1B ‘exceeds expectations’
Prospex Energy plc said that the Viura-1B development well had exceeded expectations with good gas shows and several potential reservoirs at the onshore field in northern Spain. INSPIRATIONAL Drilling began in June, reaching the new target total depth of 4,500 metres, approximately 4,100m true vertical depth, on 21 October. The well had encountered the main […]
Power Metal formalises Oman copper earn-in
Power Metal Resources plc has finalised the formal binding earn-in on the Block 8 copper concession in the Hazm area of northwestern Oman. SAMPLING Agreed with Alara Resources Ltd and Awtad Copper LLC, the company’s subsidiary Power Metal Arabia will spend up to US$740,000 for a 12.5% stake. The company’s four main workstreams comprise stream and Wadi sampling with initial […]
Oriole identifies gold mineralisation at Gamboukou
Oriole Resources plc has identified gold mineralisation from stream sediment sampling at Gamboukou within the district-scale Central Licence Package in the Adamawa region, central Cameroon. ENCOURAGED Of a total 407 samples, nine samples graded 10 parts per billion gold or more, and a highest value of 39ppb gold. The company said that the results were comparable […]