Hummingbird Resources plc has secured a US$30 million loan as it initiates an independent review of its West Africa operations, including the possible sale of its non-core assets. KOUROUSSA The company’s largest shareholder CIG SA lent $20 million, payable in tranches, and consolidated a previous US$10 million short-term loan. Hummingbird said it anticipated changing the […]
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FCM assays support Dead Otter ‘gold trend’
First Class Metals plc said that photon assays of previous samples had revealed a new area of gold anomalism at the Dead Otter trend within its North Hemlo property in Ontario, Canada. DISTRIBUTION The company sent 25 samples of the total collected for re-assaying after earlier results had not reflected the potential gold values. Chief […]
Panther exits Manitou Lakes gold option
Panther Metals plc has decided against acquiring the Manitou Lakes gold project on the Eagle – Manitou Lakes greenstone belt in Ontario, Canada. DISTRACTION The company signed an option and sale and purchase agreement in April 2022 with Shear Gold Exploration Corporation, which it has now terminated to focus on the critical minerals. Chief executive […]
Red Rock abandons three Côte d’Ivoire licences
Red Rock Resources plc has dropped three gold licence applications in Côte d’Ivoire after regulatory changes limited the number of licences to four per applicant. GUARDIAN METAL The company holds two licences covering 725.44km2 and two applications for a total 1,404.86 km2 in an area around the capital Yamoussoukro. The three abandoned applications are in […]
Oriole identifies potential ‘satellite’ targets at Mbe
Oriole Resources plc said it had identified new targets, adding to those in June, from a second soil sampling programme at the Mbe licence in the Adamawa region of Cameroon. DRILLING The “three further zones of gold anomalism” of MB02, MB03 and MB04 prospects lie to the east of MB01, with results of up to […]
Ormonde technical adviser becomes CEO of TRU
Ormonde Mining plc technical advisor Steve Nicol has been appointed chief executive officer of investee TRU Precious Metals Corp. He has been a director of the Canadian company, alongside Ormonde’s executive chair Brian Timmons, since Ormonde’s investment in 2023. He is also a director of Ormonde’s other investee company Peak Nickel Ltd. Mr Nicol is a […]