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 […]
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Scotgold review focuses on top down LHS mining
Scotgold Resources Ltd has outlined priorities identified from its continuing review of the revised mining plan and schedule for the Cononish gold-silver mine near Tyndrum. TOP-DOWN LHS The company, which still needs to pay debt interest, said that the mine plan and schedule until July 2025 focuses on transitioning to top-down long hole open stope […]
Alba begins emergency dewatering of lower Llechfraith
Alba Mineral Resources plc has begun emergency dewatering after the regulator refused to allow an increase in the abstraction rate within Clogau-St David’s gold mine, north Wales. EXPLORATION The company had applied for a temporary variation to restart pumping at the higher 100m3/day rate after heavy rain during July and August reflooded the lower Llechfraith shaft […]
Gold-in-soil anomalies support 8km Tati gold trend
Two new “significant” gold-in-soil anomalies support the previously identified 8km gold trend at the Tati project in Botswana, said project owner-operator Power Metal Resources. CHERISHED HOPE The company collected 280 infill geochemical soil samples at 40cm spacing within the northwest and southern grids in the southeastern quadrant of the licence. Sampling and independent analysis for […]
Corcel notes start of preparations for Angola drilling
Corcel plc said preparations had started for drilling and appraisal at its recently acquired oil interest KON-11 in the Kwanza basin, onshore Angola. TOBIAS FIELD In May, the company acquired a 20% working interest 18% net to Corcel the non-operated block which holds 12 historical wells. The operator is Angolan national oil company, Sonangol. KON-11 is […]
Neptune JV discovers oil and gas near Fram field
Neptune Energy’s partner and operator Equinor has discovered oil and gas near the Fram field in the Norwegian North Sea. ESTIMATES Neptune holds a 15% share in the discovery, which lies within the Equinor-operated Fram licence area. “Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are between 1.5 and 5.5 million standard cubic metres (Sm3) […]