Cleveland Potash Ltd (CPL) has been fined £3.6 million after two electricians suffered severe burns in separate incidents at Boulby Mine in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. GUILTY PLEA The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also ordered the company’s owners to pay costs of £185,000. CPL, now a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd, extracts organic fertiliser polyhalite. The company […]
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Kavango steps up search for JV partner following KSZ exploration report
Kavango Resources plc said it would accelerate its search for a joint venture partner following completion of the most comprehensive exploration programme on the Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) Botswana. SUMMARY The company will also continue geophysical surveys while preparing to drill the B Conductors in the project which focuses on discovering nickel-copper-platinum group element deposits. […]
Weardale signs MoU to supply battery chain hub
Weardale Lithium Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply a battery chain hub in the North East of England. PARTNERSHIP The County Durham-based company is developing a potential domestic resource of sustainable “green” lithium from naturally occurring geothermal brines. The MoU is with Tees Valley Lithium Ltd (TVL) for refining lithium at Wilton […]
Condor issues more detailed MRE for La India
Condor Gold plc reported a more detailed and conservative mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 100% owned La India project in Nicaragua. MRE The revised MRE is 9,672 kt at 3.5g/t gold for 1,087,000 oz gold in the indicated category, and 8,642 kt at 4.3 g/t gold for 1,189,000 oz gold in the inferred category. The […]
Oriole early results could confirm new gold district
Oriole Resources plc said that early stage exploration results appeared to confirm the company’s proposition of a new gold district at its 90%-owned Central Licence Package (CLP) in central Cameroon LICENCES The district -scale area covers 3,592 km2 comprising eight contiguous licences highly prospective for orogenic-style gold mineralisation. Oriole has to date focused on the […]
WCM must wait longer for coal mine decision
West Cumbria Mining Ltd (WCM) must wait a further two months to hear the fate of its plans for a coking coal mine under the Irish Sea off the coast of Whitehaven in Cumbria. CONSIDERATIONS Following a public inquiry, the Department for Levelling Up Housing & Communities has twice deferred issuing its decision. Secretary of […]