Archives: Mineral exploration

IMDEX is seeing light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, with some restrictions affecting its international operations to be eased during May and June, prompting mining operations to resume and drilling contractors to return to work. With 20 offices internationally, sales in 102 countries, and a presence in 70% of mineral drilling projects globally,[…]

A project focused on the Capricorn region of Western Australia has indicated mining companies could more accurately pinpoint reserves of valuable minerals using a new water-tasting approach developed by the national science agency, CSIRO. In research supported by the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA), broad “haloes” of altered water chemistry around known deposits[…]

US-based Energy Fuels Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire the Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN) technology and equipment, including all its related intellectual property, from GeoInstruments Logging LLC. The deal will give the uranium producer the exclusive right to use, licence, and service this particular PFN technology globally, which Energy Fuels says is critical[…]

IMDEX says its global footprint in key mining regions throughout the world gives it an important glimpse of the some of the emerging trends and challenges facing the sector, trends that were taking shape prior to the onset of COVID-19. Leveraging technology, or, more specifically, the cloud, is one development the Australia-based company has noted[…]

“We expect that the demand both for equipment and in the aftermarket will be lower and that the effects of the pandemic will have a significant negative impact on revenues and profit in Q2 (June quarter).” That is the headline quote from Epiroc CEO, Helena Hedblom, in the mining OEM’s March quarter results. While the[…]

Star Diamond Corporation has announced that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc (RTEC) has commenced the processing of bulk samples from RTEC’s trench cutter program. These bulk samples, estimated by RTEC to be approximately 8,271 wet tonnes, were collected during 2019 on the Star Kimberlite and are stored on-site in approximately 6,848 cubic metre bulk bags.[…]

Epiroc says it is to consolidate the manufacturing of exploration drilling tools in Canada, gradually moving its base from North Bay to Montreal and Sweden over the course of 2020. The decision, taken on the day it announced its March quarter results, will affect about 65 employees in North Bay, Ontario, it said, with the[…]

Greenland Resources Inc says it has commenced a Phase II Optimization study that will evaluate potential improvements to the economic stature of the Malmbjerg molybdenum project in Greenland and the incorporation of a 100% owned Greenlandic company that will own the Malmbjerg license to facilitate the process of obtaining an exploitation license. During 2018 the[…]

Drilling contractors and resource companies impacted by COVID-19 restrictions can continue to operate by using cloud-connected sensors that deliver and analyse critical data, according to IMDEX. Despite restrictions disrupting travel and work, IMDEX says key staff can still make time-critical decisions backed by accurate data delivered in real-time. IMDEX says most of its clients have[…]

Kerman Contracting is to build an automated iron ore sampling processing laboratory at Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri mine site, in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The contract award from Scott Technology Ltd will see the company start construction on the lab in the June quarter of this year with estimated completion in February 2021. The scope[…]