First Development Resources plc plans airborne and ground surveys on “multiple prospective gold targets” at its Selta project in the Aileron Province of Northern Territory, Australia. DRILLING The company said that the gold targets, identified from historical reports and data, were associated with the continuation of the “regionally significant” Stafford gold trend, hosting gold and […]
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Tertiary marks highest grades yet at Mushima North
Tertiary Minerals plc recorded the highest silver and copper grades to date, and extended mineralisation by 100 metres, at Mushima North in the iron-oxide-copper-gold region of Zambia. UNKNOWN ZONE “Thick near surface” mineralisation now reaches over an area measuring 450m long and up to 400m wide, while remaining open to the north-northwest, south-southeast and at […]
Kavango begins 1,400m drilling at Bill’s Luck
Kavango Resources plc has started its resource drilling programme, designed to increase production, at Bill’s Luck gold mine on the Hillside project in Zimbabwe. PAYBACK The 1,400m campaign comprises diamond drilling, infill diamond drilling and reverse circulation drilling, ahead of defining an inaugural mineral resource estimate suitable for three years’ mining. Operations will focus on […]
Tertiary begins drilling at Brunton Pass
Tertiary Minerals plc has started an additional drilling programme in its portfolio of licences with operations at the Brunton Pass copper-gold project in central Nevada, USA. UNPARALLELED The company plans four reverse circulation percussion drill holes each to an average depth of 350 to 400 metres. Tertiary said that two holes holes would test for […]
Corcel begins RC drill campaign at Mt Weld
Corcel plc has started a seven-hole reverse circulation (RC) drill campaign at the joint venture Mt Weld rare earth elements project near Laverton in Western Australia. PROGRAMME A sub-contractor for the company and its partner Riversgold Ltd will drill a total 2,000m on tenement P34/4489. The site’s four discrete undrilled magnetic features, interpreted to represent potential […]
Condor starter pits are ‘shovel ready’ at La India
Condor Gold plc said that the starter pits were “shovel ready” following final assay results for the 3,370m drill programme at La India, Nicaragua. ECONOMICS Operations have also discovered an “additional vein in the footwall.” The two starter pits are planned to exploit two high grade segments of the La India open pit to 35m […]