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Star awards 2m share options to directors

Star Energy Group plc has awarded in aggregate 1,999,000 nil cost options over shares in the company to its directors. PLANS Chief executive officer Ross Glover received 300,000 awards and chief financial officer Frances Ward received 225,000 under Star’s 2015 management retention plan. Under its 2016 executive incentive plan, Mr Glover received a further 525,000 […]

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Orcadian completes 50% sale of HALO

Orcadian Energy plc has completed the sale of 50% of the ordinary shares of HALO Offshore UK Ltd to power plant developer and operator Independent Power Corporation plc. FUNDING IPC founder-chief executive officer Peter Earl and Mark Preece have joined Orcadian’s CEO Steve Brown and chief financial officer Alan Hume on HALO’s board. Mr Preece […]

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Helium One spuds Jackson-4 at Galactica

Helium One Global Ltd’s joint venture has spudded the Jackson-4 well at the Galactica project in Las Animas County, Colorado, USA. PRODUCTION Partner and operator Blue Star Helium is preparing to drill the intermediate hole section targeting the Lyons Sandstone formation, with the target depth planned within the Upper Lyons formation gas reservoir. Helium One […]

Metals & Minerals News

Metals agrees to buy $9.7m plant for La India

Metals Exploration plc has entered into an agreement to buy a US$9.7 million gold ore processing and concentration plant for its La India gold project in Nicaragua. PRODUCTION The purchase from Almaden Minerals Ltd includes crushers, conveyors, grinding ball mill, Sepro Falcon gravity circuit, carbon in leach (CIL) circuit, elution and smelting equipment and laboratory, […]

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Kavango completes Prospect 3 drilling at Hillside

Kavango Resources plc has completed initial resource diamond drilling at Prospect 3 within the Hillside gold project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. MINING The company said that the programme of 34 holes for 2,109.16 metres had provided sufficient geological information and sample material for assay, metallurgical and geotechnical test work for an initial mining plan. Prospect […]