Chesterfield Resources plc announced it had started its 2021 exploration campaign for additional tonnage of base and precious metals in Cyprus. The company’s enlarged and integrated 2021 campaign has begun with a gravity survey on five main target areas, with approximately 800 survey points planned over 5 km2. An AMT survey will cover three main […]
Equipment & Logistics
UKOG granted approval to drill Basur-3 well
UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) has received permission to drill the forthcoming Basur-3 appraisal well located in the Resan licence, Turkey. The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources granted approval to UKOG Turkey and its joint venture partner and site operator Aladdin Middle East (AME). UKOG Turkey, a wholly owned UKOG subsidiary, has a 50% […]
UKOG starts constructing Basur-3 drill site in Resan, Turkey
UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) announced construction had started of the drilling pad and access road for Basur-3 appraisal well at the 50%-owned, 305 km² Resan licence in Turkey. UKOG and joint venture partner Aladdin Middle East are expected to take some 60 days on the construction. Basur-3 lies approximately 1.2km north and geologically […]
Helium One appoints Mitchell Drilling for Rukwa
Helium One Global Ltd has appointed Mitchell Drilling Ltd as drilling contractor for the first three-well exploration programme at its 100% owned Rukwa project in Tanzania. FAST TRACK The Australian operator, with more than 50 years’ experience and 115 rigs globally, will mobilise a drill rig already within Tanzania before starting work in mid-May. The company has the option […]
Cornish Lithium starts Trelavour second drill campaign
Cornish Lithium Ltd said it had started the second drill campaign at its Trelavour hard rock lithium project near St Austell, Cornwall. MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE The eight to 10-week drill campaign will use two drill rigs and comprise 1,500m diamond drilling and 2,500m reverse circulation drilling, with results contributing to the inaugural mineral resource estimate. […]
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 […]