Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner has completed drilling the first hole, short of the target horizon, at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. POSITIVE Following “continued technical difficulties and limited advancement” operator KoBold Metals drilled hole KWDD001 to a down-hole depth of 2,711.1 metres. KoBold has the right to earn into the project by […]
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Tertiary nears 3,000m in Konkola West drillhole
Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner is approaching the deeper-than-planned drill depth of 3,000 metres in the first hole at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. GROUND-BREAKING The company said that operator KoBold Metals Company had drilled past 2,600m in hole KWDD001 and was drilling in the Kitwe Formation, which forms the upper part of […]
Tertiary pauses Zambia projects until New Year
Tertiary Minerals plc has paused operations at three of its Zambia copper joint venture projects until after the Christmas and New Year break. DATA The company’s earn-in partner KoBold Metals drilled at Konkola West until 16 December but has yet to reach the target horizon. The programme is expected to resume on or around 7 […]
New drill-ground conditions slow Konkola West
Tertiary Minerals plc said that a new drill rig and variable ground conditions had made progress a little slower than expected at its Konkola West copper project in Zambia. Operator Kobold Metals Company began drilling the first hole KWDD001 during April and reached a depth of 1,023 metres by 21 May. The hole has now […]
Tertiary encouraged by Konkola West drilling
Tertiary Minerals plc’s first drill hole has to date reached a depth of 1,023 metres at the Konkola West copper earn-in project in Zambia. HORIZONS Partner KoBold Metals continues drilling KWD001, targeting the ore-shale hosting copper mineralisation found at the Konkola-Lubambe copper mines and nearby Mingomba deposit. Tertiary said that KoBold had intersected a number […]
Tertiary to start drilling at Konkola West
Tertiary Minerals plc’s partner will begin drilling later this month to test for deep copper mineralisation in the main ore shale at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. EXTENSIONS Regulatory approval follows the earn-in agreement between the company’s 96% owned subsidiary, its local partner Mwashia Resources Ltd and the operator-subsidiary of KoBold Metals. The […]