Metals & Minerals News

Tertiary wins appeal against refusal for Storuman

Tertiary Minerals plc has won its appeal against the refusal for an exploitation concession for its 100% owned Storuman fluorspar project. EXAMINE The company today said that the Swedish Government had annulled the country’s Mining Inspectorate decision not to grant the 2019 mining concession. The Government has also instructed the inspectorate to re-examine its decision […]

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Kistos wins appeal to extend Netherlands licence

Kistos Holdings plc has won its appeal against Dutch regulators for a five-year extension to the M10/M11 licence in the Netherlands North Sea Shelf. ESTIMATES Third-party technical reports estimate the licence contains technically recoverable 2C resources net to Kistos of 174 bcf or 31.7MMboe. Kistos estimates the group’s 2P reserves of 36.2MMboe and 2C resources […]

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Angus wins appeal for extended well test at Balcombe

Angus Energy plc has won its appeal against West Sussex County Council’s refusal to grant permission for an extended well test at its Balcombe oil site. DRILLING FLUIDS The company holds a 25% interest along with Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd (56.25%) and Lucas Bolney Ltd (18.75%) in PEDL 244 targeting the Kimmeridge limestones. The Balcombe 2Z […]

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Angus to appeal against council refusal for short well test at Balcombe

Angus Energy plc said it would appeal against West Sussex County Council’s refusal to allow a short well test at the Balcombe oil field (PEDL244), southeast of Crawley. The company added that it had had further discussions with the local authority whose planning officers had recommended approval. Angus which has a 25% interest in the […]