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 […]
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Tertiary pursues Mushima North silver discovery
Tertiary Minerals plc said it had discovered “economically significant” silver and cobalt mineralisation at its Mushima North copper project in Zambia. POTENTIAL The company’s Autumn 2024 drilling campaign involved 25 holes on three traverses at target A1, a copper-in-soil anomaly, and one at C1. Today’s results, from samples from four holes sent for multi-element check […]
Tertiary pauses Zambia projects until New Year
Tertiary Minerals plc has paused operations at three of its Zambia copper joint venture projects until after the Christmas and New Year break. DATA The company’s earn-in partner KoBold Metals drilled at Konkola West until 16 December but has yet to reach the target horizon. The programme is expected to resume on or around 7 […]
Tertiary begins drilling at Brunton Pass
Tertiary Minerals plc has started an additional drilling programme in its portfolio of licences with operations at the Brunton Pass copper-gold project in central Nevada, USA. UNPARALLELED The company plans four reverse circulation percussion drill holes each to an average depth of 350 to 400 metres. Tertiary said that two holes holes would test for […]
Tertiary drill tests Mukai soil anomaly
Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner has started drilling to test beneath the large soil anomaly defined in 2023 at the Mukai copper project in Zambia. RESOURCE First Quantum Minerals Ltd received approvals from the Department of Forestry and the leadership of local tribal group the Musele Royal Establishment. Phase I, comprising up to six diamond […]
Mushima North shows widespread mineralisation
Tertiary Minerals plc has intersected widespread copper and zinc mineralisation at its Mushima North copper project in Zambia. ANOMALY Twenty-five holes were drilled to a maximum depth of 112m on three traverses at target A1, a copper-in-soil anomaly covering 3km north-south by 1.5km east-west, and one at C1. Multiple drill holes from the inaugural programme […]