Tungsten West plc said that rising inflation had prompted it to pause its development plan and evaluate other cost saving options for restarting Hemerdon tin-tungsten mine in Devon. SAVINGS Tungsten West added that any new plan would likely entail a lower capital cost for redevelopment, a reduced operating cost and production rate while retaining the […]
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CRL extends Redmoor licence by 10 years
Cornwall Resources Ltd has extended its existing exploration licence agreement to 2037 for the Redmoor copper-tin-tungsten project. LICENCE In October 2012, New Age Exploration Ltd held the original exploration licence which was due to expire in 2027. The licence covers 23km2 surrounding the Redmoor deposit in East Cornwall and provides the rights to explore over the […]
Kavango-Power Metal start drilling at Ditau
Kavango Resources plc and Power Metal Resources plc have started diamond drilling target i10 at the rare earth element (REE)-copper Ditau Camp project in southwest Botswana. JOINT VENTURE The 50-50 joint venture (JV) is held as Kanye Resources plc, with Kavango as the operator. TARGET i10 Target i10 is a ‘carbonatite pipe’ type intrusive target. Kavango […]
WCM expects July decision on Woodhouse
West Cumbria Mining Ltd (WCM) said the final decision should be made by 7 July on its plans for a coking coal mine off the coast of Cumbria. HISTORY In 2021, the Government called in the plans after previously twice refusing to do so. Cumbria Council also refused to support the plans after previously granting […]
Tertiary fails to find significant results at North Ruth
Tertiary Minerals plc said that drill results had to date failed to show significant mineralisation at depth at the North Ruth target in the Pyramid silver-gold project in Nevada, USA. PROGRAMME The company conducted soil and rock chip sampling and trenching throughout 2021 which established “wide intervals of significant silver and associated gold mineralisation” at […]
Cornish Lithium commissions £4m DLE pilot plant
Cornish Lithium Ltd said it had successfully commissioned the pioneering £4 million direct lithium extraction (DLE) pilot plant at United Downs, Cornwall. DLE The company added that it was the first time that a DLE system has become operational in the UK. DLE technology selectively removes the lithium compounds from the geothermal waters. Cornish Lithium […]