Tertiary Minerals plc said that initial scout drilling results indicated more promise at the Mukai copper project in Zambia. PRIORITY First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM), which is managing the exploration as part of its due diligence, completed an initial scout drilling programme of three diamond drill holes for a total 554 metres. FQM holds the […]
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Tertiary completes first Konkola West drill hole
Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner has completed drilling the first hole, short of the target horizon, at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. POSITIVE Following “continued technical difficulties and limited advancement” operator KoBold Metals drilled hole KWDD001 to a down-hole depth of 2,711.1 metres. KoBold has the right to earn into the project by […]
Mushima North shows more silver mineralisation
Tertiary Minerals plc’s assays have returned “thick” intervals of silver mineralisation associated with “broader” intervals of copper and zinc mineralisation at the Mushima North project in Zambia. ANOMALIES In Autumn 2024 the company drilled 25 holes on three traverses at target A1, a copper-in-soil anomaly, and one at C1. Results near surface at target A1 […]
Tertiary drills anomalous copper at Brunton Pass
Tertiary Minerals plc has intersected “thick intervals containing anomalous copper values”, possibly in the halo of a porphyry deposit, at its Brunton Pass copper-gold project in central Nevada, USA. THESIS The first pass phase I drilling programme, started in November 2024, comprised four reverse circulation percussion drill holes for a total 890m. The company said […]
Tertiary appoints Richard Belcher as MD
Tertiary Minerals plc has appointed Richard Belcher as managing director, effective following the company’s general meeting on 7 March. Dr Belcher has more than 22 years’ post PhD geological experience as a contractor andconsulting geologist and he was the company’s exploration manager in Zambia. His experience covers a variety of commodities from early stage to […]
Tertiary nears 3,000m in Konkola West drillhole
Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner is approaching the deeper-than-planned drill depth of 3,000 metres in the first hole at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. GROUND-BREAKING The company said that operator KoBold Metals Company had drilled past 2,600m in hole KWDD001 and was drilling in the Kitwe Formation, which forms the upper part of […]