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Geologists unite for £4m Deep Digital Cornwall

Mining exploration companies in Cornwall will collaborate in a £4 million programme to gather fresh geochemistry and geophysical data for a new centre in the county. PARTNERS Cornwall Resources Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian miner Strategic Minerals, has been chosen for the Deep Digital Cornwall (DDC) project funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The […]

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Cornish Lithium granted geothermal exploration licences

Cornish Lithium has been granted licences to explore for lithium within the geothermal waters in areas off the north and south Cornish coasts. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed and most of the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, granted the rights in the Minerals Licensing Round. Yesterday’s decision follows a […]

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Cornish Lithium buys £2.3m technology licence

Cornish Lithium Ltd said it had bought an exclusive £2.3 million technology licence for bulk metallurgical testing and building a pilot plant for its hard rock lithium project at Trelavour near St Austell, Cornwall. The money will come from the company’s recent crowdfunding which raised a final total of £5.2 million but will still allow […]

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Cornish Metals identifies new zones at United Downs

Cornish Metals today said it had identified at least five new zones of copper and / or tin mineralisation, including 4.04 metres grading of 4.44% copper and 2.06% tin, at the United Downs project in Cornwall. The results are from the second set of assays for start-up miner Cornish Lithium’s core diamond drill programme earlier […]

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Cornish Lithium appoints Varshan Gokool as CFO

Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Varshan Gokool as its chief financial officer. Mr Gokool will assist in the development of lithium projects in Cornwall in an economically and financially robust framework. He has more than 22 years experience in guiding publicly listed mining companies from project definition through to development and construction. Mr Gokool was most […]

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Cornish Lithium reaches £3.8m via fundraise

Cornish Lithium Ltd has so far raised £3.8 million via crowdfunding for its projects in Cornwall. BATTERY METALS HUB Founder and chief executive officer Jeremy Wrathall said that the company was raising additional funding to create a battery metals hub for the UK. “The success of our recent exploration, and government funding for our pilot plant, […]