Power Metal Resources said it had completed drilling the first hole (KKME 1-14) in a 2,505-metre four-hole programme for its nickel sulphide and platinum-group metal (PGM ) project in Botswana. The hole reached the target depth of 520m with near 100% core recovery at the Molopo Farms Complex (MFC). Power Metal added that the suite of […]
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Helium One to use £6m for aggressive drilling
Helium One Global has raised £6 million to fund infill seismic acquisition and to drill three wells during the first half of 2021 at its Rukwa project in southwest Tanzania. AMALGAMATION The £6 million was raised by the conditional placing of 211,267,597 ordinary shares at 2.84 pence per share and was “significantly oversubscribed”. The company also announced […]
CSM leads pioneering tech-metals circular economy centre
A pioneering new research centre, led by the Camborne School of Mines, aims to revolutionise the extraction, use and reuse of critical metals for clean and digital technologies in the UK. The research will begin with a case study of industries in Cornwall where exploration projects for lithium, tin and tungsten offer the opportunity for […]
Condor Gold to fast track La India into production
Condor Gold’s cash balance increased to £5.5 million for the nine months ending 30 September 2020 compared with £3.6m for the same period in 2019 at its La India project in Nicaragua. In its unaudited results for three and nine months ending 30 September 2020, the precious metals miner added it was fast tracking the […]
Hummingbird extends Dugbe gold licence
Hummingbird Resources plc’s acquisition of the Central licence has increased its Dugbe gold project in southern Liberia to 2,565km2. BUKON JEDEH The new 210km2 area forms the core to the southern part of the project and includes Bukon Jedeh located 8km southeast of Dugbe’s large Tuzon deposit. Pasofino Gold Ltd has an earn in option […]
Power Metal drills at Silver Peak despite winter weather
Power Metal Resources plc said it had overcome bad weather by using smaller equipment to start diamond drilling at its Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. CONDITIONS The company had expected to start a 500-metre confirmatory diamond core drill programme to test the Victoria vein. However, poor weather has prevented the drilling rig and […]