Kavango Resources plc said that drill assays had confirmed a gold mineralisation system at the Nara exploration project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. MINING The results, from six initial scoping holes for 1,364.4m, highlighted “anomalous gold zones underneath and directly associated with surface artisanal gold-producing structures” at the site. Five of six holes intersected the quartz […]
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Sunrise completes central-east Pioche drill
Sunrise Resources plc partner and option holder has completed phase II drilling and pitting at the Pioche sepiolite project in southeastern Nevada. CHARACTERISATION Tolsa USA Inc engaged Harris Exploration to use sonic drilling, suitable for drill sampling of soft and unconsolidated materials, focusing on the central and eastern area of the claim block. The campaign […]
Helium One encounters ‘higher’ shows in ITW-1
Helium One Global plc said it had encountered higher shows than previously after it re-entered and deepened the Itumbula-1 West well at Rukwa in Tanzania. DEPTH The company said that existing hole conditions were “very good”, enabling re-entry beneath the 9⅝” shoe. Drilling into the Basement has now reached a new total depth of 1,129m measured […]
Sunrise notes drilling to extend Pioche deposits
Sunrise Resources plc expects phase II drilling and trenching to begin this weekend at its Pioche sepiolite project in Nevada, USA. OBJECTIVE Option holder and operator Tolsa USA Inc has received approval for the programme from the Bureau of Land Management. Following mobilisation of a rig, drilling will immediately begin to extend the known “extensive” […]
New drill-ground conditions slow Konkola West
Tertiary Minerals plc said that a new drill rig and variable ground conditions had made progress a little slower than expected at its Konkola West copper project in Zambia. Operator Kobold Metals Company began drilling the first hole KWDD001 during April and reached a depth of 1,023 metres by 21 May. The hole has now […]
Baron chooses new Chuditch-2 drill site
Baron Oil plc has chosen a new drill location after finding the original site unsuitable for a jack-up rig for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well, offshore Timor-Leste. DRILL PLANS A now completed geotechnical survey, focused on physical studies of the seabed, revealed that the initial chosen area was an irregular seabed unsuitable for a jack-up drilling […]