Western Gold Exploration Ltd reported “strong depth and near-surface potential” from a 779-line km helicopter survey at the Lorne porphyry district in Argyll, Scotland. WIDESPREAD Magnetotelluric (MT) geophysics over the Lagalochan and Ardlochan prospects also identified “other possible porphyry-related centres” across the company’s Crown Mines Royal licence. The Canadian company said it was the first […]
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Hummingbird faces delisting and buyout
Hummingbird Resources plc could be delisted and bought out after it agreed to convert US$30 million debt into shares for its main creditor. CHALLENGES Negotiations on debt restructuring continue with the company’s primary lenders Coris Bank International and CIG SA and its largest shareholder Nioko Resources Corporation. Hummingbird said that challenges at Yanfolila in southern […]
Ormonde-TRU positive on Golden Rose assays
Ormonde Mining plc’s investee has returned positive assays from exploration at the Golden Rose copper-gold project in the central Newfoundland gold belt, Canada. MODEL The company highlighted “significant” copper values from the Jacob’s and King George prospects, of up to 3.7% copper. Owner-operator TRU Precious Metals Corp, in which Ormonde owns 36.3%, also recorded anomalous values […]
Alba raises £300,000 via placing
Alba Mineral Resources plc has raised £300,000 by a placing of one billion new ordinary shares at 0.03 pence per ordinary share. USES Following admission, the company’s total ordinary shares in issue will number 10,736,939,266, with none held in treasury. Alba today also opened a separate retail offer at the same price per share to […]
Conroy appoints John Sherman as chairman
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc appointed its deputy chairman John Sherman as chairman with immediate effect. DISCS OF GOLD His appointment follows the death last month of the company’s founder and executive chairman Richard Conroy. Mr Sherman is Professor Conroy’s son-in-law. Conroy has also named its licence area as the Discs of Gold project, […]
Oriole identifies gold mineralisation at Gamboukou
Oriole Resources plc has identified gold mineralisation from stream sediment sampling at Gamboukou within the district-scale Central Licence Package in the Adamawa region, central Cameroon. ENCOURAGED Of a total 407 samples, nine samples graded 10 parts per billion gold or more, and a highest value of 39ppb gold. The company said that the results were comparable […]