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Oriole acquires new Cameroon gold licences

Oriole Resources plc said it had expanded its Cameroon portfolio with five new gold licences and a further three granted to its partner. The five licences (Tenekou, Niambaran, Pokor, Ndom and Mbe) in Central Cameroon are located to the west of the regional capital, Ngaoundéré. They were granted through the company’s 90%-owned subsidiary Oriole Cameroon SARL. […]

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Alba to drill new vein system at Clogau gold mine

Alba Mineral Resources plc said it planned to conduct an underground drilling programme in a newly identified vein system at Clogau-St David’s mine in North Wales. Six drill holes, LL001-LL006, have been completed for 724 metres in total including and holes LL004-006 have been completed for a further 324.5 metres. LL005 intersected the projected vein […]

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Scotgold lowers output guidance

Scotgold Resources Ltd lowered its 2021 guidance for gold production, citing “teething problems” over handling issues and low recruitment due to pandemic restrictions imposed since 25 December. The company said that problems had occurred in three key areas of crusher circuit chokes, flotation circuit pumps and filter press controls at its Cononish gold and silver […]

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Altus tests show ‘excellent’ Tabakorole gold recoveries

Altus Strategies plc said it had excellent results from preliminary metallurgical test work on fresh rock samples at the FT Prospect of its Tabakorole gold project located in southern Mali. Bottle roll tests on core samples from diamond drilling at the FT Prospect indicated a straightforward, clean and non-refractory ore with low reagent consumption. The […]

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Altus finds karst-style system at Lakanfla gold site

Altus Strategies plc announced it had confirmed a karst-style system and low-grade gold following 3,8000m reverse drilling and associated passive seismic surveys at its Lakanfla gold project in western Mali. The mining and royalty company said that results showed a karst-style system along a 6km margin of granite intrusion, and that drilling had intersected widespread […]

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Altus marks more positive Diba gold drill results

Altus Strategies plc announced further encouraging results from the recently completed 10,308m reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at its 100% owned Diba gold project in western Mali. Diba, located in the Kayes region of the country, hosts a shallow-dipping, near-surface gold deposit and several other prospect areas. The company’s current mineral resource estimate (MRE) for […]