The UK faces an industry skills shortage as the number of students studying geology at university has fallen by 43% since 2014. The Geological Society and has decided on five aims for a strategy of action following a summit in June to discuss reasons for the decline with 50 geoscience educators, academics, industry representatives, and […]
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CSM research could predict rare earth element deposits
Pioneering research led by the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) could help geologists locate new concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits. A team of geologists, headed by Professor Frances Wall from the CSM and including the Australian National University, has discovered a new hypothesis to predict where neodymium and dysprosium could be […]
Alba to test ilmenite and drill deeper at Thule Black Sands
Alba Mineral Resources plc will conduct tests for ilmenite products and produce samples for customers and offtake partners at its Thule Black Sands (TBS) project in northern Greenland. The company added it also expected to increase tonnage at the site by drilling at depth next year. TBS has a combined mineralised strike length of around […]
Cornish Metals reports 10% tin at 976m in South Crofty
Cornish Metals has reported findings of 10.33% tin at depths of between 974.20 metres and 976.80m, including 39.60% tin from 975.77m, at South Crofty mine in Cornwall. The figures were released today in the company’s final set of assay results from its recently completed diamond drilling programme. Cornish Metals drilled hole SDD20-001 and two wedged daughter […]
Conroy to increase drilling and search for deposits
Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc said it would intensify drilling at its main project in Ireland over the next 18 months while extending its search for other gold deposits. Conroy Gold’s main development project is at Clontibret, Co. Monaghan which has joint resources of more than half a million ounces of gold, with a […]
Redmoor tin-tungsten shows rise in potential value
Cornwall Resources Ltd has received a positive updated mining scoping study and financial assessment on its planned tin-tungsten Redmoor project in the south east of Cornwall. MINE LIFE The company, 100% owned by Strategic Minerals, commissioned mining consultants Wardell Armstrong International for the report. Results showed the project now has an initial rate of return […]