A pioneering new research centre, led by the Camborne School of Mines, aims to revolutionise the extraction, use and reuse of critical metals for clean and digital technologies in the UK. The research will begin with a case study of industries in Cornwall where exploration projects for lithium, tin and tungsten offer the opportunity for […]
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Hummingbird extends Dugbe gold licence
Hummingbird Resources plc’s acquisition of the Central licence has increased its Dugbe gold project in southern Liberia to 2,565km2. BUKON JEDEH The new 210km2 area forms the core to the southern part of the project and includes Bukon Jedeh located 8km southeast of Dugbe’s large Tuzon deposit. Pasofino Gold Ltd has an earn in option […]
Power Metal drills at Silver Peak despite winter weather
Power Metal Resources plc said it had overcome bad weather by using smaller equipment to start diamond drilling at its Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. CONDITIONS The company had expected to start a 500-metre confirmatory diamond core drill programme to test the Victoria vein. However, poor weather has prevented the drilling rig and […]
RRAL granted further Ballarat gold licences
Red Rock Australasia Pty Ltd (RRAL) announced that a further seven of its licence applications have been accepted and given the highest ranking in the Victoria gold fields of Australia. BACKLOG The company is a joint venture between Red Rock Resources plc (49%) and Power Metal Resources plc (50.1%). The partnership is targeting the historic […]
Galantas starts new review of Cavanacaw
Galantas Gold Corporation announced it was conducting a new technical review of exploration work, including a proposed core drilling programme, at Cavanacaw mine in Omagh, Northern Ireland. The Canadian company has said its licensed area holds more than three million ounces of gold which is wants to “aggressively explore”. Galantas said that the exploration report […]
CAML starts cleaning river of Sasa tailings
Central Asia Metals plc said it had started to clean the Kamenka River following a leakage from the tailings storage of it Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. The leak occurred on 14 September 2020 at the Sasa Tailings Storage Facility 4 (TSF4) and clean-up operations began in late October. The company added that the […]