Alba Mineral Resources plc said it would soon start the evaluation pitting of the historic waste rock dump at the Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales. PROGRAMME The dump, containing material derived from the internal development of the mine during past periods of production, is estimated to cover some 30,000 km2 (7/10th of an […]
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Alba processes bulk sample from Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources said that the underground bulk sample collected last year was being processed at the company’s pilot processing plant at Clogau-St David’s gold mine. Processing times were taking longer than anticipated due to various factors including the need to fine-tune the process circuit. The first bulk sample was taken from previously worked areas […]
Alba starts phase II surface drilling at Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had started the second phase of the surface drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. Drilling eight to 10 holes for some 2,000 metres will target what Alba believes to be the westerly, 550-metre extension to the Clogau Main Lode which is the source of most of […]
Erris starts inaugural drilling at Lead Trial
Erris Gold Resources Ltd has started its first drill programme at its Lead Trial precious metals prospect within the Loch Tay licence in Perthshire, Scotland. SCALE DEFINITION The drill rig mobilised earlier this week to the site where results last November showed high grade gold with a mineralised footprint extending over 4.5 km2. The company […]
Oriole confirms proof of concept for Bibemi gold
Oriole Resources plc announced that results from the first hole of a planned 28-hole diamond drill programme have proved the continuity of orogenic gold at the Bibemi gold project in Cameroon. Hole BBDD001 returned best grades of 1 metre grading 4.09 grammes per tonne (g/t) gold, and 1m grading 0.67 g/t gold from zones of […]
Hummingbird marks notable results at Yanfolila
Hummingbird Resources plc announced significant results from 3,367m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling at Sanioumale East (SE) and 2,474m of diamond core drilling at Komana East (KE) at Yanfolila gold mine, Mali. The miner is focused on increasing mineral resources at known deposits and testing new greenfield targets, with some 5,800 metres drilled so far […]