Western Gold Exploration Ltd reported “strong depth and near-surface potential” from a 779-line km helicopter survey at the Lorne porphyry district in Argyll, Scotland. WIDESPREAD Magnetotelluric (MT) geophysics over the Lagalochan and Ardlochan prospects also identified “other possible porphyry-related centres” across the company’s Crown Mines Royal licence. The Canadian company said it was the first […]
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Hummingbird faces delisting and buyout
Hummingbird Resources plc could be delisted and bought out after it agreed to convert US$30 million debt into shares for its main creditor. CHALLENGES Negotiations on debt restructuring continue with the company’s primary lenders Coris Bank International and CIG SA and its largest shareholder Nioko Resources Corporation. Hummingbird said that challenges at Yanfolila in southern […]
Panther issues 59,000 shares for CLNs
Panther Metals plc has issued 59,000 new ordinary shares each at £1.025 to remaining convertible loan note holders for £60,987 CLNs, including interest and a 4.25% extension premium. Following admission, the company’s total issued share capital consists of 4,226,720 ordinary shares. Panther holds no ordinary shares in treasury.
Ormonde-TRU positive on Golden Rose assays
Ormonde Mining plc’s investee has returned positive assays from exploration at the Golden Rose copper-gold project in the central Newfoundland gold belt, Canada. MODEL The company highlighted “significant” copper values from the Jacob’s and King George prospects, of up to 3.7% copper. Owner-operator TRU Precious Metals Corp, in which Ormonde owns 36.3%, also recorded anomalous values […]
Alba expands into Sweden with rare earth option
Alba MIneral Resources plc has entered an option for the Finnsbo rare earth project in the historic magnetite mining district of eastern Bergslagen in Uppland, eastern Sweden. VALUE The licence lies 15km north of the 540-year-old Dannemora magnetite mine, and within the southern fringes of the “regionally extensive” high strain ductile Forsmark Deformation Zone. Current […]
Alba raises £300,000 via placing
Alba Mineral Resources plc has raised £300,000 by a placing of one billion new ordinary shares at 0.03 pence per ordinary share. USES Following admission, the company’s total ordinary shares in issue will number 10,736,939,266, with none held in treasury. Alba today also opened a separate retail offer at the same price per share to […]