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Power Metal to increase holding in Balthaga

Power Metal Resources plc is due to start the next stage of exploration to increase its interest in the Balthaga polymetal and minerals project, located mid-way between Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. DRILL TARGETS The 13 contiguous exploration licences, covering an aggregate 1,290 km2, are prospective for tin, tungsten, lithium, beryllium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum […]

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Botswana boosts diamond portfolio with copper

Botswana Diamonds plc has acquired eight copper prospecting licences, which also cover gold and other minerals, to counter the current low demand for diamonds. AI The company said it had also responded to the “strong and growing demand” for copper and other “energy-transition” metals. Botswana used artificial intelligence analysis to identify the ground, following assessment […]

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Power Metal JV notes uranium target at Tait Hill

Power Metal Resources plc’s uranium joint venture, Fermi Exploration, has identified a “significant” intrusion-related target at the Tait Hill property just outside the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. PROMISING Results from sampling by the JV with UCAM Ltd confirmed a “well defined” 1km by 500m target, the ‘Antler Zone’, initially identified from historical survey data. […]

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New gold drill targets identified from deep overburden sampling at Longford-Down

New gold drill targets over five licences have been identified from deep overburden sampling in the Longford-Down Massif joint venture in Ireland. EXTENSIVE Conroy Gold and Natural Resources and Turkish earn-in partner Demir Export have to date completed 6,000 metres of phase I drilling. Over five separate areas, the JV collected 470 samples from the […]

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Power Metal identifies visible sulphides in T1-3

Power Metal Resources plc has identified visible sulphides in one of its target areas at the 1,723km2 Molopo Farms Complex nickel-platinum group element project, southwest Botswana. DRILL TARGETS In September 2022, the company began its inaugural drill programme for 2,600m and reported visible sulphides in its first drill hole in target area T1-6. Power Metal has […]

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Kavango identifies two major drill targets at KCB licence, Botswana

Kavango Resources plc has confirmed two major drill targets at its Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) licence PL082/2018 in Botswana. JOINT VENTURE The company is earning in a 90% interest in prospecting licences PL082/2018 and PL083/2018 covering 1,091km2. The licences are held in a joint venture with  LVR GeoExplorers (Pty) Ltd. TARGETS The company identified the […]