Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had started the second phase of underground diamond drilling programme and surface drilling at Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. SURFACE DRILLING On 12 April, Phase 2 of its surface drill programme began and will consist of eight to 10 holes for around 2,000m. The drilling is targeting the […]
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Alba checks waste rock dump for early gold revenue at Clogau
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it would soon start the evaluation pitting of the historic waste rock dump at the Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales. PROGRAMME The dump, containing material derived from the internal development of the mine during past periods of production, is estimated to cover some 30,000 km2 (7/10th of an […]
Alba processes bulk sample from Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources said that the underground bulk sample collected last year was being processed at the company’s pilot processing plant at Clogau-St David’s gold mine. Processing times were taking longer than anticipated due to various factors including the need to fine-tune the process circuit. The first bulk sample was taken from previously worked areas […]
Alba starts phase II surface drilling at Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had started the second phase of the surface drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. Drilling eight to 10 holes for some 2,000 metres will target what Alba believes to be the westerly, 550-metre extension to the Clogau Main Lode which is the source of most of […]
Alba’s Llechfraith drill hole exceeds expectations
Alba Mineral Resources plc said that its final hole reached 46% deeper than the previous hole at the newly identified vein system in Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. The junior miner added that its initial geological modelling indicated that the total tonnage estimation for the newly identified lode structure was between 24,000 to 27,000 […]
Alba surface drilling extends Llechfraith strike
Alba Mineral Resources plc reported that its surface drilling programme has extended the strike of the Llechfraith gold target to 58 metres at the Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. This in addition to extending 66 metres below the deepest previously worked zone at the area. Since the start of February 2021, holes LL007 – […]