Metals & Minerals News

FCM begins Coco East field work

First Class Metals plc has started field work on the gold-base metal Coco East property, comprising 30 single cell claims, 25km north of Terrace Bay town in northwest Ontario. FUNDS The 6.3km2 block lies on the eastern sector of the Big Duck Lake Porphyry which contains “a number of historic showings” on the Schreiber-Hemlo greenstone […]

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WGE completes C$1.2m fundraise

Western Gold Exploration plc said it had completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement for C$1,243,580 via a private placement. The company issued 17,765,428 common shares each at a price of C$0.07. Monaco-based Zila Corporation, which held 14.07% of WGE’s issued and outstanding common shares, acquired 4,285,714 shares for C$300,000. The investor now holds 11,334,388 […]

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Galantas completes trial stoping at Cavanacaw

Galantas Gold Corporation said it had increased confidence in developing Cavanacaw gold mine after completing trial stoping at the site in Omagh, County Tyrone. OPTIMISATION The Canadian company successfully mined and backfilled six stopes using a narrow vein, modified Avoca longhole open stoping method, in two separate blocks. A planned minimum stope width of 2.2 […]

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FCM completes McKellar-Enable sale

First Class Metals plc has sold its McKellar gold-VMS and Enable gold-silver properties to the Seventy Ninth Group Ltd for a total £270,000 and agreed a £230,000 loan with the purchaser. OPPORTUNITIES The company said that Seventy Ninth Resources Ltd, which is preparing to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture, continued to progress due […]

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Golden Metal begins largest geophysics

Golden Metal Resources plc has started its largest geophysics programme to date before drill targeting at the Garfield copper-gold-silver and Pilot Mountain tungsten-garnet projects in Nevada, USA. STRATEGY In May, the company confirmed new anomalies at Garfield and expanded the licensed area while also beginning a 2,000-metre drilling campaign in the Desert Scheelite zone at Pilot. Golden […]

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Red Rock opts for lower cost sea freight

Red Rock Resources plc said a rise in air freight rates had led it to transport testing and production equipment by sea to its Bilbale and Boulon gold projects in Burkina Faso. LOGISTICS Containers have been loaded ahead of ships setting sail, although maritime rates have also increased. Initial earth moving and trucking equipment, generators […]