Golden Metal Resources plc has engaged modelling geologist Allan V. Moran to advance the company’s Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA. Mr Moran will model existing tungsten-copper-silver-zinc mineralisation at the site, focusing on the Desert Scheelite zone which hosts the majority of the in-ground resource at Pilot Mountain. He will plan resource infill as well as […]
Company Moves
Corcel CEO James Parsons steps down
Corcel plc chief executive officer and director James Parsons will step down as part of the company’s planned transition from metals and minerals to oil and gas. Mr Parsons, who became CEO on 14 June when he received 12.4 million shares in part payment of wages, remains with the company in an advisory role during his […]
Altona joins mining lobby group in Mozambique
Altona Rare Earths plc’s subsidiary, developing the Monte Muambe project, has joined the Chamber of Mines of Mozambique (CMM). ADVOCACY Founded in 2012 by a number of large international miners, CMM co-ordinates private sector mining companies in the country and represents their interests to the government. The organisation also aims to improve the image of […]
Angus chairman George Lucan steps down
Angus Energy plc executive chairman and former chief executive officer George Lucan has stepped down from his post and aims to leave the board in mid-August. The announcement, effective on 14 July, came with agreement of the £6 million loan arranged by Aleph Commodities Ltd. Mr Lucan said that completion of the financing was an […]
Cora Gold strengthens in-house team
Cora Gold Ltd has appointed a project manager, mining consultant and head of geology to broaden the company’s in-house capabilities. LOURENS STEENEKAMP Lourens Steenekamp, with a career spanning over three decades, began his career with Gold Fields. He then held engineering roles in Ghana and Tanzania where he progressed to construction projects. More recently, Mr […]
Horizonte appoints Simon Retter as director
Horizonte Minerals plc has appointed Simon Retter as an executive director and Leonardo (Leo) Neves as company secretary, with immediate effect. SIMON RETTER Mr Retter has been the group chief financial officer since 2016 and is the outgoing company secretary. He has almost 15 years’ experience as an executive and non-executive director focused on the […]