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Oriole encouraged by Bibemi drill progress

Oriole Resources plc earn-in partner has completed 10 of 62 drill holes in the phase IV exploration programme at its 82.2%-owned Bibemi orogenic gold project in Cameroon. STUDIES The company said that multiple shallow-dipping, less than 45˚ from horizontal, and steeply dipping quartz and quartz-tourmaline veins, up to 2.40m wide, have been intersected. BCM International […]

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Tertiary encouraged by Konkola West drilling

Tertiary Minerals plc’s first drill hole has to date reached a depth of 1,023 metres at the Konkola West copper earn-in project in Zambia. HORIZONS Partner KoBold Metals continues drilling KWD001, targeting the ore-shale hosting copper mineralisation found at the Konkola-Lubambe copper mines and nearby Mingomba deposit. Tertiary said that KoBold had intersected a number […]

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EGT to drill at Olserum during H2

European Green Transition plc expects to begin a 42 drill hole programme for 9,000m during H2 at its flagship 6.5km2 Olserum rare earth elements project in southern Sweden. POTENTIAL The company said it received approval for two years following consultation with landowners and the Kalmar County Board. Work will include resource infill at the existing Olserum resource, […]

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Cornish Lithium finishes 13,000m drilling for revised MRE

Cornish Lithium plc completed more than 13,000 metres of resource evaluation drilling at the end of September at its Trelavour hard rock project. DEMONSTRATION PLANT The company is in the final stages of appointing consultants to produce a revised mineral resource estimate which will feed a feasibility study expected in early 2024. A tender process […]

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Cornish Metals drill tests ‘district-scale’ target

Cornish Metals Inc has begun a 14-hole exploration drill programme for 9,000 metres to test a possible district-scale tin target at Wide Formation in Carn Brea South. EXPANSION Discovered in January, the target lies along the southern boundary of the South Crofty underground mine permission area. The Canadian company infers Wide Formation to lie parallel […]