Tertiary Minerals plc subsidiary in Zambia has signed a binding letter of agreement for First Quantum Minerals Ltd to earn in up to 90% on the Mukai copper project. MILESTONES Exploration licence 27066-HQ-LEL, held by Tertiary’s local partner Mwashia Resources Ltd, covers 55.4km2 and lies in the Domes region of the Zambian copper belt. In September […]
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‘Substantial’ copper-in-soil anomaly defined at Mukai
Tertiary Minerals plc has defined a substantial copper-in-soil anomaly from soil samples at the Mukai copper earn-in project in northwest Zambia. HIGH GRADE Analysis using a portable XRF instrument in the field of 526 soil samples showed the “large high-grade” anomaly with values in excess of a 160ppm copper across 1,300m by 400m. Peak soil […]
Tertiary begins soil sampling at Zambia copper licences
Tertiary Minerals plc has started soil sampling at its Zambia copper licences after recently receiving forest permits. PROGRAMME At Konkola West, the company will collect 260 soil samples in the north and northwest of the licence where the main host to copper mineralisation “may be shallower and less steeply dipping” than on the eastern side […]
Tertiary to start Mukai and Mushima North exploration
Tertiary Minerals plc has received its delayed permits for soil sampling in the forest areas within Mukai and Mushima North copper licences in Zambia. TARGETS Target C1 in Mushima North showed a wide, low-grade intersection of copper mineralisation from recent resampling of core from drill hole RKN800, and sits on the margin of a gravity […]
Tertiary outlines 2023 copper exploration at Mukai
Tertiary Minerals plc has outlined its 2023 exploration programme for copper and nickel at the Mukai project in northwest Zambia. MUKAI Mukai lies within 27066-HQ-LEL, covering 55.4km2 and located 125km west of Solwezi. The project is in the Domes region of the Zambian copper belt and next to First Quantum Minerals (FQM)’s major copper mines. Tertiary […]
Tertiary begins exploration targeting at earn-in copper assets in Zambia
Tertiary Minerals plc has progressed to exploration targeting at two of four earn-in copper projects in Zambia. EXPLORATION TARGETING The four licences, owned by local partner Mwashia Resources Ltd, comprise Konkola West, Lubuila, Mukai and Mushima North. Tertiary said that consultants Remote Exploration Services (RES) of South Africa had completed initial prospectivity reviews of the […]