Alba Mineral Resources plc aims to extend drilling after it identified ten separate gold targets and several new regional targets at Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales. The junior miner has rehabilitated the mine in Dolgellau and is looking for extensions to previously worked gold veins. The mine has never been subjected to modern […]
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WCM aims to employ more than 500
West Cumbria Mining (WCM) is assessing local contractors and businesses to support its plan for a high quality metallurgical coal, near Whitehaven in West Cumbria. The company aims to employ 510 full-time skilled and semi-skilled employees who will constitute up to 80% of the workforce within 20 miles of the mine. A total of 170 […]
Power Metal exercises earn-in to Silver Peak
Power Metal Resources has exercised its earn-in option for a 30% interest in the Silver Peak project in southern British Columbia, Canada. PORTFOLIO The project comprises mineral claims over a system of intrusion-related, silver-lead-zinc-copper veins, part of the former working Eureka-Victoria silver mine. Power Metal will commit CA$225,000 to ground exploration. A technical review underway […]
Power Metal completes Silver Peak due diligence
Power Metal Resources has completed its due diligence at the exploration programme in the Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. A total of 11 channel samples were taken from the Victoria vein faces exposed in the cliffs and open stopes located vertically above the Victoria adit. Samples have been submitted to the accredited laboratory, […]
Offshore oil and gas licence review will ensure net zero
The Government is to review its policy on the UK’s future offshore oil and gas licensing regime as part of its plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Initial findings and next steps will be published in the forthcoming Energy White Paper. More than half of the UK’s electricity comes from renewables including wind […]
Egdon granted more time to drill North Kelsey-1
Egdon Resources Ltd has been granted more time to drill PEDL241, containing the North Kelsey-1 well in Lincolnshire. EXTENSION Operator Egdon holds 80% and Union Jack Oil plc 20% in the licence. Lincolnshire County Council first granted temporary planning permission to drill an exploratory conventional oil in 2014. Egdon has now been given a further […]