Altona Rare Earths plc has encountered visible fluorspar mineralisation in “most holes” from completed drilling at its Monte Muambe rare earth elements-gallium project in northwest Mozambique. FINANCING The expanded campaign comprised 15 holes for 691m of diamond drilling and 59 holes for 2,728m reverse circulation drilling, for a total 74 holes for 3,419m. The original […]
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Fulcrum notes higher gold recovery at Teck-Hughes
Fulcrum Metals plc reported more than 70% gold and silver recovery on preliminary detailed metallurgical work at its Teck-Hughes mine tailings project at Kirkland Lake in Ontario, Canada. ASSESSMENT The phase III development work is using Extrakt Process Solutions LLC’s cyanide-free technology to recover metals from mine waste. Fulcrum said it aimed to optimise leach […]
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 […]
Tertiary begins 1,000m drilling at Mushima North
Tertiary Minerals plc has started 1,000-metre reverse circulation drilling to test extensions of mineralisation at target A1 on the Mushima North silver-copper-zinc project in Zambia. EXTENSIONS The programme will focus on “further lateral extensions” of known mineralisation in the area around high-grade silver and copper mineralisation in the north. Drilling will also test continuity of […]
Panther appoints SRK for Winston MRE
Panther Metals plc has appointed SRK Exploration Ltd as independent consultants to conduct a mineral resource estimate for its optioned Winston tailings project in Ontario, Canada. The historic site contains high-grade gold, gallium, silver, zinc, copper and cobalt and other minerals within the mine’s tailings storage facility. Panther said that the MRE would be based […]
Altona includes gallium in fluorspar MRE
Altona Rare Earths plc plans to include gallium in its fluorspar JORC mineral resource estimate at Monte Muambe in Tete Province, northwest Mozambique. DRILLING The decision follows metallurgy work on a sample of gallium-bearing fluorspar ore, which confirmed that the “flotation process would lead to a separation of fluorspar (in the concentrate) and gallium (in […]