Canadian mining company Strongbow, exploring for copper-tin deposits at South Crofty in Cornwall, has started trading under its new name of Cornish Metals. The company is also expanding the drill programme to United Downs following the recent high grade copper-tin discovery. “The renaming to Cornish Metals is a reflection of our dedication to revitalising an […]
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Power Metal targets major finds and financial independence
Power Metal Resources announced its future strategy was to make one or more major metal discoveries and work towards financial independence. ASSETS The company, which focuses on cobalt, copper, gold, lithium, nickel and PGMs, recently raised £1 million taking its total assets to £3.04 million. Power Metal is involved in five main projects and two […]
Scotgold starts slab pours and expands tunnels
Scotgold Resources Ltd has started slab pours ready to place equipment following resumption of blasting at the high grade Cononish gold and silver mine in Argyll, Scotland. WASTE ORE Operations had stopped due to the pandemic, but the Australian company is now focused on expanding tunnels to mine through rock which has no gold in […]
Dalradian faces public inquiry over £750m mine plans
Dalradian Gold will undergo a public inquiry over its proposals to open a £750 million gold-silver-copper mine in Curraghinalt, County Tyrone. SCRUTINY Backed by investor Orion Resource Partners, the American company aims to extract 3.5m oz of gold deposit, 15,000 tonnes of copper and 850,000 oz of silver deposit from the site. Dalradian applied for […]
WCM aims to be major European supplier
Feature: The UK has this year passed two consecutive months, April and May, without using electricity from coal-fuelled plants and instead choosing renewable energy. LICENCES However, coal is still needed to manufacture the steel parts for wind turbines and solar panels. One company, hoping to start the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years, […]
Legal challenge dropped against WCM coal mine plans
A judicial review challenge has been withdrawn against plans for a new £165 million coal mine, mainly in the seabed off Whitehaven in West Cumbria. West Cumbria Mining (WCM) plans to produce “between two and three million tonnes of high quality, specialist, hard metallurgical coal per annum” at Woodhouse Colliery to supply the steel industry […]