Cornish Metals today said it had identified at least five new zones of copper and / or tin mineralisation, including 4.04 metres grading of 4.44% copper and 2.06% tin, at the United Downs project in Cornwall. The results are from the second set of assays for start-up miner Cornish Lithium’s core diamond drill programme earlier […]
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Galantas extra shift to see 43% rise in production
Galantas Gold Corporation said it had increased gold concentrate processing after adding an extra work shift at its Cavanacaw Gold Mine in Omagh, County Tyrone. The Canadian company began three-shift processing on 26 October 2020 with the additional shift resulting in a rise in milling from 84 hours to 120 hours per week. Galantas added […]
Power Metal steams ahead after first Molopo drill hole
Power Metal Resources said it had completed drilling the first hole (KKME 1-14) in a 2,505-metre four-hole programme for its nickel sulphide and platinum-group metal (PGM ) project in Botswana. The hole reached the target depth of 520m with near 100% core recovery at the Molopo Farms Complex (MFC). Power Metal added that the suite of […]
CSM leads pioneering tech-metals circular economy centre
A pioneering new research centre, led by the Camborne School of Mines, aims to revolutionise the extraction, use and reuse of critical metals for clean and digital technologies in the UK. The research will begin with a case study of industries in Cornwall where exploration projects for lithium, tin and tungsten offer the opportunity for […]
Condor Gold to fast track La India into production
Condor Gold’s cash balance increased to £5.5 million for the nine months ending 30 September 2020 compared with £3.6m for the same period in 2019 at its La India project in Nicaragua. In its unaudited results for three and nine months ending 30 September 2020, the precious metals miner added it was fast tracking the […]
Power Metal drills at Silver Peak despite winter weather
Power Metal Resources plc said it had overcome bad weather by using smaller equipment to start diamond drilling at its Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. CONDITIONS The company had expected to start a 500-metre confirmatory diamond core drill programme to test the Victoria vein. However, poor weather has prevented the drilling rig and […]