Archives: Mineral exploration

George H Read, PGeo, Senior Vice President Exploration and Development of Star Diamond Corporation has announce that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) have completed the drilling of ten bulk sample holes (trenches) to conclude their program on the Corporation’s Star Kimberlite using a Trench Cutter Sampling Rig. The Star Kimberlite is located within the Corporation’s[…]

Major Drilling Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Norex Drilling, a family-owned drilling company and leading exploration drilling contractor based in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The purchase price for the acquisition is valued at an amount up to C$19.7 million ($14.8 million), consisiting of cash and shares. Denis Larocque, President & CEO of Major[…]

Seequent has announced the acquisition of GEOSLOPE, a Canada-based company famed for its integrated, geotechnical analysis software. The New Zealand-headquartered leader in the development of geoscience analysis, modelling, and collaborative technologies says the addition of GEOSLOPE will offer additional innovative geoscience technology solutions to its customers. Seequent has been busy on the business development front[…]

In announcing the appointment of John Pizimolas as General Manager of the APAC region for Orexplore, Swick Mining Services has revealed that the first mine site trial of its mineral scanning technology is scheduled for the December quarter. Since launching in May 2018, 18 different customers have used Orexplore in laboratory trials, according to the[…]

Even though the resurgent gold price has garnered a renewed sense of optimism in the gold industry, a lack of exploration spend from miners means it is facing a potential period of secular decline over the long-term, according to Wood Mackenzie’s gold team. Exploration budgets were slashed following the fall in the gold price from[…]

CSIRO and Mining3’s wide-ranging precision mining concept looks to be gaining momentum with multiple mining companies testing out aspects of this innovative notion to reduce the footprint of future mine sites. Among the headlines from the organisations’ latest report on this technology was its ore sorting technology, NextOre, has three trials underway at mine sites,[…]

Novo Resources says it has completed encouraging processing trials on gravels extracted from its joint venture Egina gold project, in the Pilbara of Western Australia, at Steinert’s testing facility in Cologne, Germany. Phase one of the company’s joint venture with Sumitomo Corp at the Egina gold project centres around gaining a better understanding of geology[…]

Global environmental and advisory solutions firm SLR says it has acquired RPA Inc, a 60-person, leading mining advisory business with teams in Toronto, Denver and London. The RPA team includes geological, mining and metallurgical consultants who have provided expertise and advice on every continent to clients in the mining industry for more than 30 years.[…]

The international Mining and Minerals Hall (MMH), in Seville, Spain, has more than 70 speakers lined up for its next edition, taking place on October 15-17. MMH 2019, taking place at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES), is the third edition of the meeting. While it will keep the same format as the previous[…]

More than A$2.3 billion ($1.54 billion) was spent on minerals exploration in Australia in 2018-19, according to exploration expenditure data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This investment is up 19% from the previous year and has seen investment in gold exploration rise – also by 19% – to a new record high[…]