Sunda Energy plc has deferred drilling the Chuditch-2 appraisal well offshore Timor Leste to the first half of 2026 because it was unable to agree a rig contract. LOGISTICS Drilling, already once deferred from its original date of early 2025, was due to begin during the second half of this year on the field under […]
Equipment & Logistics
Cornish Metals orders winders for South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has ordered long lead items of two winders and engaged project management consulting services to develop the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall. COLLABORATION Yorkshire engineering firm Qualter Hall & Company Ltd will design, manufacture, supply, instal and commission the service winders to be used in the New Cook’s Kitchen shaft. “Qualter […]
Ormonde notes drill contract for Golden Rose
Ormonde Mining plc’s investee has awarded the drill contract to MCL Drilling for a 1,800m drill at the Golden Rose copper-gold project in Central Newfoundland Gold Belt in Canada. STAGHORN Licence holder and operator TRU Precious Metals Corp, in which Ormonde owns 36.3%, plans to test for the first time a pipeline of exploration targets. […]
Corcel completes KON-16 survey data acquisition
Corcel plc has competed acquisition of survey data on block KON-16 in the Kwanza Basin, onshore Angola. PROSPECTIVITY Metatek Group began operations for the enhanced full tensor gradiometry survey (eFTG) in June. Following processing and interpretation of the data during Q4, the company will ascertain how to develop the prospectivity of the 1,000km2 block. The data […]
Kavango starts Zimbabwe funding initiative
Kavango Resources plc has launched a new capital investment and financing programme with an initial £2 million convertible note to advance its Zimbabwe interests. RIGS The CLN with major shareholder Purebond Ltd will define mineable gold resources and acquire plant and equipment for larger scale production at the Hillside gold project. Production at the new […]
Red Rock opts for lower cost sea freight
Red Rock Resources plc said a rise in air freight rates had led it to transport testing and production equipment by sea to its Bilbale and Boulon gold projects in Burkina Faso. LOGISTICS Containers have been loaded ahead of ships setting sail, although maritime rates have also increased. Initial earth moving and trucking equipment, generators […]