UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) has completed acquisition of the Phase II seismic programme over its Resan licence (50%) in Turkiye. SEISMIC PROGRAMME The project is a 50-50 joint venture between UKOG and operator Aladdin Middle East. The company said that the programme, comprising four new 2D seismic lines over the possible updip western […]
Equipment & Logistics
Galantas drilling shows dilation zones at Joshua-Kearney
Galantas Gold Corporation said its drill programme results had shown dilation zones at the Joshua and Kearney veins in Cavanacaw mine in Omagh, Northern Ireland. RESULTS The Canadian company’s 4,000m drill programme includes three holes drilled from the underground development at the Kearney vein. Hole FR-DD-22-UG-186 targeted a dilation zone within the Kearney vein and […]
Helium One in final stages of rig audit
Helium One Global plc is in the final stages of auditing activities for its planned Phase II drilling campaign at its Rukwa (100%) project in Tanzania. RIG AUDIT The company said sub-contractor ADC Energy had completed 80% of an independent audit of the proposed drilling rig in its yard in Kenya. Key components observed in […]
CRL might defer drilling due to lack of drill and crews
Cornwall Resources Ltd said that a drill and crews shortage might delay its four-hole drill campaign on a previously identified tin prospect, west of the Redmoor tin-tungsten-copper project. HIGH ACTIVITY Parent company Strategic Minerals plc reported that high activity in the region by other companies had led to a lack of machinery and personnel. Cornwall […]
UKOG discovers light oil seep at Resan
UK Oil & Gas plc said its joint venture (JV) partner had discovered a live, light 41.7˚API oil seep in an unused seismic drill hole within the Resan licence in Türkiye. DRILL HOLE Operator Aladdin Middle East (AME) (50%) drilled the hole during the 2022 seismic programme. The drill hole lies approximately 4km north of […]
Altona results show high levels of Monte Muambe NdPr
Altona Rare Earths plc reported “significant” total rare earth oxide (TREO) grades including high levels of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) at Monte Muambe project in Tete Province, Mozambique. TARGET DRILLING Since February, Altona has collected and assayed more than 1,700 soil samples, refining the orebodies boundaries and identifying four new, rare earth element (REE)-rich drilling targets. Results […]