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GreenRoc spheronised graphite tests 99.97% purity

GreenRoc Mining plc reported purity of 99.97%, exceeding electric vehicle industry requirements, from tests on spheronised graphite produced from its Amitsoq project in Greenland. ALKALINE TESTS Technical consultants ProGraphite GmbH conducted alkaline purification using sodium hydroxide to test a sample from the lower graphite layer (LGL), successfully spheronised last autumn. The purity requirement is 99.95% […]

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GreenRoc requests reanalysis of drill results from TBS ilmenite project

GreenRoc Mining plc said that its request for additional analytical work would delay drill results from its Thule Black Sands ilmenite project in Greenland. RESOURCE CALCULATION The results, expected during August 2021, are now due at the end of November. “An upper screening of 1.0mm was initially employed, excluding significant mass of potentially ilmenite-bearing material,” […]

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GreenRoc increases activities at graphite-ilmenite assets

GreenRoc Mining plc’s reported a rise in group losses with increased activities at its Amitsoq graphite and Thule Black Sands (TBS) ilmenite deposits in Greenland. FINANCES GreenRoc’s subsidiary companies include Obsidian Mining Ltd, White Eagle Resources Ltd and White Fox Resources Ltd. Alba Mineral Resources plc holds a 54% interest in the group. GreenRoc, incorporated […]

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GreenRoc advances work for Amitsoq graphite and TBS ilmenite

GreenRoc Mining plc said it had started Phase II drilling at its Amitsoq graphite project and outlined field work for the summer/autumn programme at the Thule Black Sands ilmenite project in Greenland. AMITSOQ The company added that planned drilling at Amitsoq in southern Greenland is targeting one of the highest grade graphite deposits in the […]

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GreenRoc appoints EIA and SIA consultants for TBS ilmenite

GreenRoc Mining plc has appointed two consulting firms to conduct environmental and social assessments at its Thule Black Sands (TBS) ilmenite project in northwest Greenland. STUDIES BioApp Greenland, a Danish-Greenlandic-based contractor and environmental expert, will complete an environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). NIRAS A/S (NIRAS), a Danish/Greenlandic multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, will undertake the social impact assessment (SIA). […]

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Alba targets substantial increase in ilmenite at Thule

Alba Mineral Resources plc has started its Phase 2 drilling programme to increase “substantially” the mineral resource at its Thule Black Sands (TBS) ilmenite project in northern Greenland.  The company’s subsidiary White Eagle Resources Ltd, which owns and operates the project, plans to drill 125 holes for up to 1,000 metres, and conduct a digital elevation […]