Galantas Gold Corporation announced a feed of higher gold grade from the Kearney vein than existing feed at Cavanacaw mine in Omagh, County Tyrone. INCREASE The Canadian miner added it continued to work with third parties to finance an expansion of the mine. The grade of the limited feed produced from underground, based on concentrate […]
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Chesterfield starts percussion drilling in Cyprus
Chesterfield Resources plc announced that it had started percussion drilling as part of its 2021 enlarged and integrated base and precious metals exploration campaign in Cyprus. Following a diamond drill programme at the end of 2020, the miner is exploring for further deposits of copper, gold, zinc and silver with a current focus on its […]
Alba checks waste rock dump for early gold revenue at Clogau
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it would soon start the evaluation pitting of the historic waste rock dump at the Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales. PROGRAMME The dump, containing material derived from the internal development of the mine during past periods of production, is estimated to cover some 30,000 km2 (7/10th of an […]
CAML winter output dips at Kounrad and Sasa
Central Asia Metals plc (CAM) recorded a slight dip in production during the first quarter of 2021 at its Kounrad copper recovery plant in Kazakhstan and Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. In its operations report for Q1 2021, CAM also reported the first lost time injury at the end of March in more than 786 days due to […]
Alba processes bulk sample from Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources said that the underground bulk sample collected last year was being processed at the company’s pilot processing plant at Clogau-St David’s gold mine. Processing times were taking longer than anticipated due to various factors including the need to fine-tune the process circuit. The first bulk sample was taken from previously worked areas […]
Alba starts phase II surface drilling at Clogau gold mine
Alba Mineral Resources plc said it had started the second phase of the surface drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s gold mine, North Wales. Drilling eight to 10 holes for some 2,000 metres will target what Alba believes to be the westerly, 550-metre extension to the Clogau Main Lode which is the source of most of […]