Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner has completed drilling the first hole, short of the target horizon, at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. POSITIVE Following “continued technical difficulties and limited advancement” operator KoBold Metals drilled hole KWDD001 to a down-hole depth of 2,711.1 metres. KoBold has the right to earn into the project by […]
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Prospex nears 3D seismic campaign at Selva
Prospex Energy plc’s partner has received regional approval to begin work for its 3D seismic campaign on the entire Selva Malvezzi production concession area in the Po Valley, Italy. DRILLING Po Valley Ltd’s subsidiary will develop the field with four new wells, adding to the Podere Maiar-1 well which produced 7.02 MMscm gas and gross […]
Kavango targets MRE for Hillside open pit mine
Kavango Resources plc has started drilling to delineate a mineral resource for the basis of an open pit mine at Prospect 3 within the Hillside gold project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. DEPOSITS The programme will also obtain samples for metallurgical test work. Prospect 3 is the second of two priority targets at Hillside, with Prospect […]
Arkle JV begins Carrickittle West drilling
Arkle Resources plc joint venture partner has started a drilling campaign on the Carrickittle West area in the southern part of the Stonepark block in Limerick, Ireland. EXTENSIONS The company believes that the seven-licence block contains more than 45 million tonnes of inferred zinc/lead ore. Operator Group Eleven Resources Corp will drill four to six […]
EGT completes drilling at Olserum REE
European Green Transition plc expects to confirm a “district scale rare earth element system” after it completed diamond core drilling at Olserum in Sweden. ENCOURAGING The company drilled 13 holes for 1,500 metres with visual inspection of drill core indicating “broad alteration zones” and intervals with intersections of “visible phosphate mineralisation”. Core logging is complete […]
Cornish Metals drill proves ‘large scale’ tin target
Cornish Metals Inc said its 9,000m drilling programme of 14 holes had successfully validated “a new, large-scale, tin-bearing exploration target” of Wide Formation, in Carn Brea South. EXPLORATION The campaign began in September 2023 and today’s reported results are from the final eight holes. Mineralisation was traced over a 2,500m extent up to 800m down […]