Cornish Metals Inc has installed the first submersible pump for stage one of the dewatering programme in New Cook’s Kitchen (NCK) shaft at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. STAGES The pump is the first of two for the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps, manufactured by KSB […]
Equipment & Logistics
IOG delivers first gas from Blythe H2
IOG plc today confirmed first gas delivery on 12 June from the Blythe H2 development well into the Saturn Banks reception facilities and Bacton terminal. RATES The H2 well was brought onstream in three months and one week from spud date despite delays. The maximum well test dry gas rate is 22.8 mmscf/d and 280-336 […]
Sunrise option holder to define Pioche resource
Sunrise Resources plc’s option holder Tolsa USA Inc has received approval for a planned resource definition drill programme at the sepiolite project near Pioche in Nevada, USA. OPEN PIT MINING The US Bureau of Land Management has approved 24 drill holes, over a 2.5km by 2km area, scheduled to begin in mid-July. A truck-mounted auger […]
Hummingbird 2022 losses treble from challenges
Hummingbird Resources plc recorded more than a three-fold increase in losses while gold pour fell following issues with its mining contractor at the Yanfolila mine in Mali. FINANCES Full year results for 2022 showed revenue decreased to US$150.5 million (2021: $162.7m) while losses rose to £39.9m (2021: £12.7m). The company sold less gold at 80,445 […]
Cornish Lithium progresses revised Trelavour resource
Cornish Lithium has progressed work in preparation for a resource definition for its Trelavour hard rock project in Cornwall. FEASIBILITY STUDY The project is at the former kaolin pit near St Austell where lithium is present in mica minerals within the granite. The stability of the pit walls to reduce the risk of land slips […]
IOG to investigate Blythe H2 constrained flow rates
IOG plc will investigate a potential mechanical blockage downhole constraining flow in the Blythe H2 development well in the southern North Sea. ISSUES Remedial downhole equipment will be mobilised in the coming weeks and run in the well with the rig alongside, with H2 well shut in during these operations. The news follows gas […]