Tertiary Minerals plc said it would soon start excavating trenches ahead of drill tests for the Phase 2 exploration programme at its Pyramid silver-gold project in Nevada, USA. The company hopes to receive the necessary permits within one or two weeks. PLANS Tertiary has completed Phase 2 planning which involves three trenches for 300m to […]
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Galantas plans 4,000m underground and surface drilling
Galantas Gold Corporation is soon to start a surface and underground exploration programme of 4,000 metres diamond drilling at Cavanacaw gold mine in Omagh, Northern Ireland. UNDERGROUND Initial Phase I drilling will focus on the Kearney and Joshua veins, two of “many high-priority targets” on the company’s land package. Underground drilling on the Kearney vein […]
Tungsten West appoints CFO as a director
Tungsten West Ltd has appointed chief financial officer Anthony Nigel Widdowson as a director of the company. Mr Widdowson is a chartered accountant and has 20 years’ experience at board level as a finance director. He has operated in software/Saas, property, leisure and industrial services sectors. Mr Widdowson gained his experience in international groups, family […]
Alba finds new high-grade gold target near near Gwynfynydd
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had identified a new high-grade regional gold target within its exploration licence area of the Dolgellau gold belt, Wales. The target, close to Gwynfynydd gold mine, showed with grab samples grading up to 24g/t. Stream sediment samples are being taken as part of an ongoing study in collaboration with […]
Cornish JV chooses GeoLith to extract lithium in £4m pilot plant
Cornish joint venture company GeoCubed has chosen GeoLith SAS for its direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology to use in the £4 million pilot plant due to be commissioned by the end of March 2022 in Cornwall. The pilot plant will process 140 metres3 of deep geothermal water which Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) said it had obtained […]
Kavango attempts pioneering drill core recovery from Norilsk-type keels, KSZ
Kavango Resources plc could soon pioneer the retrieval of drill core from the bottom of the ‘keels’ of the Karoo-age gabbros in the Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) in Botswana. The company today began proof of concept drilling for core samples from Target A2 in the northern (Hukunstsi) section. Kavango hopes that assay and other analysis […]