FEATURE: Now that critical minerals have appeared on the world’s industrial radar, the UK must compete with bigger national geographies and immense purchasing powers to ensure its own supply. TIME AND SPEED The Government has outlined its industrial strategy to assess the country’s requirements and assets to tackle pressing issues such as mobility, green energy […]
Tag: extractive industries
Work at Clogau gold mine unaffected by Covid
Alba Mineral Resources said its underground drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s Gold Mine would be unaffected by recent Covid-19 restrictions imposed in Wales. Wales will introduce a two-week ‘firebreak’ from 23 October to 9 November 2020 to help stop the pandemic. However the mining and hydrocarbon company is on schedule to complete the first phase […]
UKOG to start drilling in early 2021 at Turkish Resan
UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) aims to start drilling in early 2021 at the 305 km² Turkish Resan licence in which it has a 50% interest. The hydrocarbon exploration and development company executed the farm-in participation agreement last Wednesday (4 October) with Aladdin Middle East Ltd (AME) for its share in the project. UKOG […]
UKOG plans for Loxley to be redetermined
UK Oil & Gas plc will have its application for a gas appraisal project in Loxley near the village of Dunsfold redetermined in November by Surrey County Council. ACCUMULATION The local authority refused permission at an earlier hearing against its officers’ recommended approval. Technical issues resulted in a rerun and the application will be now […]
Altona extends fundraise for African REEs
Altona Energy said it had extended its fundraising round due to ongoing interest as it continues its development plans for its rare earth elements (REEs) mining portfolio in Africa. The company said in September 2020 that it aimed to raise up to £500,000 for its REE projects in Uganda and Malawi. (bit.ly/356Hyx5) Altona announced this […]
Power Metal starts drilling at Molopo
Power Metal Resources plc has started drilling the first of four planned holes for nickel sulphide and platinum-group metal (PGM) mineralisation at Molopo Farms Complex (MFC), Botswana. The Phase 1 drilling programme is for an initial planned 2,505m across four diamond core drill holes. Planned target hole depths vary from 525m to 710m. Hole 1 […]