Alba Mineral Resources said that the underground bulk sample collected last year was being processed at the company’s pilot processing plant at Clogau-St David’s gold mine. Processing times were taking longer than anticipated due to various factors including the need to fine-tune the process circuit. The first bulk sample was taken from previously worked areas […]
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Alba starts phase II surface drilling at Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had started the second phase of the surface drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. Drilling eight to 10 holes for some 2,000 metres will target what Alba believes to be the westerly, 550-metre extension to the Clogau Main Lode which is the source of most of […]
Alba’s Llechfraith drill hole exceeds expectations
Alba Mineral Resources plc said that its final hole reached 46% deeper than the previous hole at the newly identified vein system in Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. The junior miner added that its initial geological modelling indicated that the total tonnage estimation for the newly identified lode structure was between 24,000 to 27,000 […]
Alba surface drilling extends Llechfraith strike
Alba Mineral Resources plc reported that its surface drilling programme has extended the strike of the Llechfraith gold target to 58 metres at the Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. This in addition to extending 66 metres below the deepest previously worked zone at the area. Since the start of February 2021, holes LL007 – […]
Alba extends licence at Clogau-St David gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc has been granted an extension to its exclusive exploration licence over the Clogau-St David’s gold mine in north Wales. Alba’s subsidiary, Gold Mines of Wales Ltd (GMOW), was originally awarded a six-year exclusive exploration licence, termed an option agreement, with effect from 10 February 2015. The licence covers 107 km² encompassing […]
Alba to drill new vein system at Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it planned to conduct an underground drilling programme in a newly identified vein system at Clogau-St David’s mine in North Wales. Six drill holes, LL001-LL006, have been completed for 724 metres in total including and holes LL004-006 have been completed for a further 324.5 metres. LL005 intersected the projected vein […]