Archives: Mineral exploration

GeoCubed, the joint venture between Cornish Lithium Ltd and Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), has announced that GeoLith SAS has been selected to provide its Li-Capt® Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology for GeoCubed’s pilot plant at the United Downs project in Cornwall, England. GeoLith’s DLE technology was selected for use in the pilot plant following a[…]

Leading mining-tech company IMDEX™ says it has simplified the data deluge that flows from modern drilling, negating the need to have multiple tablets to capture the information from individual exploration tools. IMDEX™ SURVEY-IQ™ allows efficient and simultaneous quality assured survey and gamma logging that can be completed by one member of the drill crew. Survey[…]

Tech Soft 3D, a leading provider of engineering software development toolkits, says its HOOPS Visualize is serving as the graphics engine for the MineRP Platform, delivering powerful 3D visualisation capabilities across MineRP’s entire mining solution, a single integrated workspace for mine planning and execution. The sophisticated platform enables mining companies to easily visualise very large[…]

International mining drill automation specialists FLANDERS Electric and RC drill rig manufacturing and engineering company Tribe Technology (Tribe Tech) both based in Perth, Western Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop the next generation of automated reverse circulation (RC) drill rigs for resource definition in mining. Tribe Tech has put together one of[…]

The Government of Canada is supporting the continued success of the sector by investing in innovative solutions that will strengthen Canada’s international leadership in sustainable, efficient and safe mining. Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of C$40 million in a C$112.4 million project of the Centre for[…]

John A McCluskey, President and CEO of Alamos Gold, tends to look forward, not back, when talking about strategic decisions the Toronto- and New York-listed miner has made during his 18 years heading up the company. When discussing the acquisition of Richmont Mines, which included the flagship Island Gold Mine asset in Ontario, he allows[…]

Bentley Systems’ newly acquired business unit, Seequent, has added Danish company Aarhus GeoSoftware, a developer of geophysical software, to its portfolio. The acquisition extends Seequent’s solutions for operational ground water management, and for sustainability projects involving exploration, contaminants, and infrastructure resilience, Bentley said. Aarhus GeoSoftware, a spinoff company from Aarhus University in Denmark, develops the[…]

Canada-based Earth ‘X-ray’ start-up, Ideon Technologies, and Orano Group, one of the world’s top uranium producers, have deployed the world’s first cosmic-ray muon detector for use in industry-standard boreholes. The EUREKA-approved research and development project, which is receiving advisory services and funding support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, will[…]

Entry into the drilling industry is extremely challenging, from knowing the correct method to choosing the right equipment aside from the initial investment. Ireland’s Mincon has announced its new Rock Drill series of powerful, compact, and modular drill mast and drilling rig systems that it says will complement its existing range of efficient, high-performance rock-drilling[…]

Dando Drilling International has officially launched its Infinity Range of drilling rigs, bringing with it a new modular and scalable way of manufacturing rigs for the mineral exploration, water well and geotechnical drilling sectors. Launched in the presence of the Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper (pictured in the centre), on July 1, the event[…]