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Panther appoints Extrakt for Winston testwork

Panther Metals plc has appointed Extrakt Process Solutions LLC for phased metallurgical testwork on the Winston tailings project in Ontario, Canada. ECONOMIC Extrakt, along with TDI Solutions LLC, will use its non-cyanide hydrometallurgical extraction technology for phase I metallurgical characterisation on composite samples of tailings from the resource drilling programme. Panther said that the results […]

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Critical Mineral finds visible copper in drill core

Critical Mineral Resources plc has found visible copper mineralisation in the first drill core, produced from a depth of 30 metres, at Zone 1 North, on the Agadir Melloul project in central Morocco. RHYOLITE The company’s own Multi-Power Discovery HD rig has begun drilling at the next pad, with assays expected in early February. Chief […]

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Critical Mineral intercepts gold at Agadir Melloul

Critical Mineral Resources plc posted an “extremely exciting” gold intercept in a shallow setting, and delineated further copper mineralisation, from core drilling at Agadir Melloul, in central Morocco. TARGETS Operations at Zone 2 North, which contains the rhyolite discovery, revealed an intercept of 2.5g/t gold over one metre from 5m. Results also included near surface […]

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First Development defers gold surveys at Selta

First Development Resources plc has deferred, until January 2026, an aerial survey over the Lander West gold target at the Selta project in the Aileron Province of Northern Territory, Australia. GOLD TREND The company’s three exploration licences, in total covering almost 1,600 km², are also focused on uranium, rare earth elements and base metals with potential for […]

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Panther appoints drilling contractor for Winston

Panther Metals plc has appointed Platinum Diamond Drilling Inc. to drill the Winston Lake gold-gallium-silver-zinc-copper-cobalt tailings storage facility in Ontario, ahead of a mineral resource estimate. TRANSFORM Independent consultants SRK Exploration Ltd, who were appointed in September, will conduct the MRE. Chief executive officer Darren Hazelwood said that the appointment of the drilling contractor was […]

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Alba completes inaugural drilling at Finnsbo

Alba Mineral Resources plc has completed an inaugural drilling programme at its Finnsbo gold-copper-rare earth elements earn-in located in Bergslagen, Uppland, eastern Sweden. EARN-IN The company drilled three holes for a total of 300 metres, focusing on the ‘Pop 2’ site, to determine continuity of high grade mineralisation. Laboratory assays are pending. Alba’s first stage […]