Tertiary Minerals plc is progressing closer to drilling its copper projects in Nevada, US and Zambia. PROSPECTIVITY The company has signed a contract for up to 2,500m air core drilling at Mushima North to test the A1 copper-in-soil geochemical anomaly. Access roads and initial drill pad preparation are complete with drilling expected to begin today. […]
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Tertiary again refused Storuman mining licence
Tertiary Minerals plc has again been refused a mining concession for its legacy Storuman fluorspar project in Sweden. DISTRACTION The Mining Inspectorate initially granted permission for the 2014 application and then overturned its decision following opposition from the Sami Village – reindeer herders – and the County Administration Board (CAB). Tertiary had argued that the […]
New drill-ground conditions slow Konkola West
Tertiary Minerals plc said that a new drill rig and variable ground conditions had made progress a little slower than expected at its Konkola West copper project in Zambia. Operator Kobold Metals Company began drilling the first hole KWDD001 during April and reached a depth of 1,023 metres by 21 May. The hole has now […]
Tertiary boosted by copper results at Lucky
Tertiary Minerals plc said it had encouraging analytical results from its first drill hole at the Lucky copper project in Nevada, USA. Hole 21TLRC001 was drilled to a depth of 108.24 metres and intersected two magnetic gossan zones containing low-grade copper (+/-gold) mineralisation. The miner said that there was highly anomalous copper (average 325 per […]