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Power Metal rules out Qatan earn-in

Power Metal Resources plc has decided against a binding agreement for a 49% earn-in with a US$3 million spend on the Qatan exploration licence in southern Saudi Arabia. MUTUAL The company signed a letter of intent in September 2024 with Saudi Arabian explorer and miner Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company (AMAK) for the volcanogenic […]

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Oriole returns ‘best’ gold intersects so far at Mbe

Oriole Resources plc reported some of the “best gold intersections” to date, among further multiple intersections near surface, at its 90% owned Mbe orogenic gold project in the Adamawa Region of central Cameroon. MRE The inaugural diamond drilling campaign, focused on the MB01-S target, is almost 70% complete, with nearly 200 gold intersections returned to […]

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Power Metal extends time to sign Qatan licence

Power Metal Resources plc has agreed a three-month extension to signing the 49% earn-in agreement for the Qatan copper-nickel exploration licence in southern Saudi Arabia. AGREEMENT The December 2024 letter of intent for a binding agreement with Al Masane Al Kobra (AMAK) Mining Company was for Power Metal to spend US$3 million for the earn-in. Power Metal […]

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Tertiary nears 3,000m in Konkola West drillhole

Tertiary Minerals plc’s earn-in partner is approaching the deeper-than-planned drill depth of 3,000 metres in the first hole at the Konkola West copper project in Zambia. GROUND-BREAKING The company said that operator KoBold Metals Company had drilled past 2,600m in hole KWDD001 and was drilling in the Kitwe Formation, which forms the upper part of […]

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Alba exercises Finnsbo rare earth option

Alba Mineral Resources plc has exercised the earn-in option to acquire the Finnsbo rare earth project in eastern Bergslagen in Uppland, eastern Sweden. INTEREST The completed transaction involves payment to the project owners of £7,500 in cash and £7,500 in 30,512,612 Alba shares. Following admission the company will have 10,941,721,949 ordinary shares in issue, with […]

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Alba acquires Tanzania gold options

Alba Mineral Resources plc has acquired an option to earn into a portfolio of gold licences, including “near-term” production opportunities, in northern Tanzania. VALUE The move follows the company’s signing an option last week for the Finnsbo rare earth project in eastern Sweden. Alba said that the Tanzanian licences were in the same district as […]