The Anning and Somerville joint venture has chosen Gardline Ltd for the geophysical pipeline survey for the gas offtake route. OPERATORSHIP Australian company Hartshead Resources NL and Viaro Group subsidiary RockRose Energy Ltd expect the 80.4 metre MV Ocean Observer will mobilise to the two fields to begin operations in September 2023. Gardline will confirm […]
Equipment & Logistics
Heavy rainfall hampers dewatering of lower Llechfraith workings at Clogau
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 […]
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 […]