Karelian Diamond Resources plc said indicator analyses of stream sampling confirmed nickel, copper and platinum group metals prospectivity at its three Northern Ireland licences. ANOMALOUS The stream sampling followed a 2021 programme which the Dublin-based company said had suggested the potential for the metals. A total 33 follow-up stream sediment samples, each weighing an average […]
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Power Metal targets ‘high priority’ superconductor
Power Metal Resources plc has identified a high priority drill target on a superconductor at the 1,723km2 Molopo Farms Complex nickel-platinum group elements discovery, southwest Botswana. TWO CONDUCTORS A hole, drilled in 2022, to a depth of 520m failed to intersect the modelled superconductor which is on target area T1-14. The company then engaged a geophysicist […]
EGM awarded Marienberg polymetal licence
European Green Metals Ltd (EGM) has been awarded a “highly prospective” three-year exploration licence covering several historic mining districts in the state of Saxony, Germany. FUNDING The Marienberg permit, covering 381km2 in southern Saxony, hosts several styles of mineralisation within the Marienberg-Pobershau, Annaberg-Buccholz and Seiffen mining districts. EGM said that the districts were mined, from […]
Horizonte appoints Fernando Marino as operations director
Horizonte Minerals plc has appointed Fernando Marino as operations director for the Araguaia nickel project in northeast Brazil. Mr Fernando has more than 35 years’ experience in the resources industry and a strong track record of increasing and operating mining operations in Brazil. He worked across a range of mining operations for Vale, including as […]
Two thirds construction completed of Araguaia Line I
Horizonte Minerals plc has completed 65% of the overall Araguaia Line I construction programme and 53% of the physical site ahead of first nickel targeted for early next year. PROGRESS Construction off-site of the 126km, 230kV transmission line is well advanced with more than 90% of the pylons erected and 42km of conductor cable installed, […]
Karelian begins exploration in Northern Ireland
Karelian Diamond Resources plc has begun an exploration programme on its three nickel-copper-platinum group metals licences in Northern Ireland. POTENTIAL The Dublin-based company, with diamond exploration assets in Finland, collected a series of stream sediment samples which have been sent to Canada for analysis. A total of 14, nine and 10 samples were taken from […]