Tertiary Minerals plc reported continuation of a “higher-grade copper zone” as suggested from preliminary drilling results at the silver-copper-zinc target A1 at Mushima North in Zambia. MRE Ox Drilling, which began the programme in June, has started drilling to improve definition of the zone, which lies within the “near surface, lower grade oxide mineralisation”, in […]
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Arkle visually logs carnotite at Erongo
Arkle Resources plc has visually logged secondary uranium mineral carnotite during its 1,500 metres reverse circulation drilling at Erongo in Namibia. EXPANSION The findings, which need to undergo laboratory tests to determine the uranium content, were logged in RC drill chips in three holes across two fence lines within licence EPL8995. Arkle has to date […]
First Development drill tests Lander West gold targets
First Development Resources plc has started drill testing “multiple high-priority” gold targets at Lander West within the Selta project in the Northern Territory, Australia. PROSPECTIVITY The 3,000 metres, phase I reverse circulation programme follows geological mapping, geochemistry, airborne magnetics, gradient array induced polarisation geophysics and target generation. The company said that staged drilling would allow […]
Arkle identifies uranium in legacy drill holes at Erongo
Arkle Resources plc has identified uranium in trenching and legacy drill holes, ahead of beginning inaugural drilling at its Erongo project in Namibia. ULG The company previously defined two distinct mineralisation styles of paleochannel-hosted and uraniferous-leucogranite (ULG) hosted uranium on its acreage. A GRS* survey in 106 drillholes across EPLs** 8995 and 8298, resulted in […]
Tertiary begins drilling Mushima North extensions
Tertiary Minerals plc has started 4,000 metres’ reverse circulation drilling to test the extensions of its target A1 silver oxide discovery on the Mushima North project in Zambia. ANALYSIS Ox Drilling will also test the current model for further mineralisation in the west of A1 and at target A2. Infill drilling will support the mineral […]
First Development receives grant for Lander West drilling
First Development Resources plc has received a AU$100,000 (£52,600) grant to support drilling the Lander West gold target on the Selta project in the Northern Territory, Australia. PRIORITY The company’s subsidiary URE Metals Pty Ltd received the grant under Round 19 of the Northern Territory Government’s geophysics and drilling collaborations (“GDC”) programme. The fully funded, […]