Galantas Gold Corporation has agreed in principle with its former chief executive’s plans for solar power at the Cavanacaw gold mine in Omagh, County Tyrone. WIN-WIN Shareholder G&F Phelps Ltd, controlled by Roland Phelps, proposes to develop a two-megawatt facility with battery storage. Galantas expects the project to boost significantly power generation on site and […]
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Galantas completes trial stoping at Cavanacaw
Galantas Gold Corporation said it had increased confidence in developing Cavanacaw gold mine after completing trial stoping at the site in Omagh, County Tyrone. OPTIMISATION The Canadian company successfully mined and backfilled six stopes using a narrow vein, modified Avoca longhole open stoping method, in two separate blocks. A planned minimum stope width of 2.2 […]
Galantas plans Kearney North surface drill
Galantas Gold Corporation plans to surface drill test the Kearney North target for a northern extension at Cavanacaw in Omagh, County Tyrone. POTENTIAL The Canadian company said that the deposit area had “well developed” sulphide rich, gold-bearing veins. “Geological modelling suggests that a concealed ore shoot may lie to the north of the site at […]
Galantas hints at wider potential gold district
Galantas Gold Corporation survey results identified an undrilled target which could reveal the wider potential of the gold district around Cavanacaw mine in Omagh. CORNAVARROW The Canadian company has also received permission to drill eight boreholes from three locations within the mine site, which will target a southern portion of the main Joshua vein. In […]
Galantas first surface drill falls in predicted dilation zone
Galantas Gold Corp’s first drill hole in the new surface drill programme has fallen within a predicted dilation zone at the main Joshua vein in Cavanacaw mine, Omagh. POTENTIAL Dilation zones, first identified in the Kearney vein, have the potential for wider widths of mineralisation. Hole FR-DD-23-196 targeting a gap in the earlier resource model […]
Mine plan shows monthly 5,000t mill feed at Cavanacaw
Cavanacaw gold mine will produce an estimated 5,000 tonnes per month of development and stope mineralised material within 12 months of start-up, according to its published mine plan. QME Mine owner Galantas Gold Corp said that an increase in operations would result in estimated costs of development prior to achieving steady-state production of approximately US$12 […]