Alba Mineral Resources plc hopes to extend its dewatering permit after “unseasonal and exceptional” heavy rainfall reflooded the lower Llechfraith workings in Clogau-St David’s gold mine. PERMIT VARIATIONS Initial permission was to abstract 100m3 per day for 16 consecutive days, followed by 30m3 per day until 2030 to keep the workings dewatered. The dewatering exercise […]
Equipment & Logistics
Imerys British Lithium sets up second drill on site
Imerys British Lithium Ltd said it had set up the second drill rig at its site in St Austell, Cornwall. JOINT VENTURE On its social media LinkedIn account the recently formed French-Australian company added it expected the third rig at the end of August. “We have drilled 22 holes so far in this programme, infilling […]
Helium One completes civils work to spud Tai-C
Helium One Global Ltd is on schedule to start Phase II drilling of the Tai-C well on the Rukwa project following completion of civils work and 2.4km long access road. EQUIPMENT Sub-contractor TNR Ltd has prepared and constructed a 130m x 180m well pad and a concrete cellar to house the wellhead. The well pad, […]
Tertiary begins soil sampling at Zambia copper licences
Tertiary Minerals plc has started soil sampling at its Zambia copper licences after recently receiving forest permits. PROGRAMME At Konkola West, the company will collect 260 soil samples in the north and northwest of the licence where the main host to copper mineralisation “may be shallower and less steeply dipping” than on the eastern side […]
Power Metal begins first North Wind lithium exploration
Power Metal Resources plc has begun the first exploration on the 57.89km2 North Wind lithium project in northeast Ontario, Canada. DATASET Centred on a granitic intrusion cut by mapped dykes, North Wind is considered prospective for pegmatite-hosted lithium mineralisation. Lake sedmiment sample results showed “highly anomalous” concentrations of lithium, caesium and tantalum suggesting a “nearby mineralised source”. Crews […]
$210m beneficiation plant contract for Yangibana
The Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia has progressed with a $210 million contract, in line with staged development, for a beneficiation plant and associated infrastructure. SCHEDULE Cadence Minerals plc said that the operator Hastings Technology Metals had signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with GR Engineering Services Ltd. The contract includes […]