Metals & Minerals

Power Metal to drill at Silver Peak before winter

Power Metal Resources plc aims to start drilling for silver after signing a contract to test the Victoria Vein at the Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. The project includes the Eureka-Victoria Silver Mine, the first Crown-granted mineral property in British Columbia. The drill programme is expected to be completed within a two-week window […]

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Scotgold raises £3m to double mine production

Scotgold Resources has raised £3 million from a placing to double production and increase exploration during 2021 at its Cononish Gold and Silver Mine in Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The company raised the funds before expenses by way of placing 2,727,273 depositary interests of no par value in the company (new ordinary shares) […]

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Anglesey Mining appoints Micon for PEA at Parys

Anglesey Mining has appointed Micon International Ltd to conduct a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its base and precious metals project at Parys Mountain in Anglesey, North Wales. OPTIMISATION STUDIES Micon began its work on the copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver project at Parys Mountain in 2006. This has included preparation of the JORC compliant resource estimate in 2012 […]

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Power Metal and Kavango start Cu-Ag exploration in Botswana

Power Metal Resources plc and 50-50 strategic joint venture (SJV) partner Kavango Resources plc have started exploration work for copper-silver deposits in South Ghanzi in Botswana. The SJV includes two prospecting licences for copper covering 1,294km2 in the Kalahari Copper Belt. Exploration is now underway and will initially focus on soil sampling and geophysics to […]

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Scotgold increases resource inventory ahead of first gold

Scotgold Resources Ltd said it was increasing its resource inventory in and around the Cononish Gold and Silver Mine where it expected first gold by the end of November 2020. Exploration work has focused on extending the soil sampling grid at Cononish as well as extensions to the soil sampling grids over the Beinn Udlaidh […]

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Power Metal to accelerate JV in Victoria gold fields

Power Metal Resources plc said it would accelerate its gold exploration joint venture Red Rock Australasia Pty Ltd (RRAL) following findings in a new technical report. JOINT VENTURE RRAL is a joint venture company 49.9% owned by Power Metal and 50.1% by Red Rock Resources plc.  Power Metal chief executive Paul Johnson, and Red Rock Resources […]