Archives: Mineral exploration

SolGold has laid out plans to develop a mine at its majority-owned Alpala copper-gold-silver deposit, in northern Ecuador, that will use block cave mining methods applied over several caves designed on two vertically extensive lifts. The preliminary economic assessment on Alpala estimated a pre-production capital expenditure of $2.4-2.8 billion for a mine that could produce[…]

Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has appointed Lycopodium Minerals Pty as the Lead Engineer for the prefeasibility study on the Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) project in Queensland, Australia. Pure Minerals, the parent company of QPM, said: “With the acquisition of QPM being approved by shareholders and in the process of being finalised, Pure Minerals is[…]

MICROMINE says machine learning has the potential to transform mineral exploration, and the company’s Ian Whitehouse intends to discuss just how at the upcoming APCOM 2019 conference, in Poland. More than 500 delegates from across the globe are expected to travel to Wroclaw, in June, to discover the latest developments in the application of technology[…]

Seequent says it has launched new releases for its mining solutions Leapfrog® Geo, resource modelling solution Leapfrog® Edge, model management solution Seequent Central and View. Seequent’s General Manager – Mining and Minerals, Nick Fogarty, said: “Projects are becoming increasingly complex, and organisations are generating a huge amount of geological data to inform important investment and[…]

Europa Metals reports that a diamond drilling rig has been mobilised to its Toral lead-zinc-silver project in Leόn, northern Spain, as the London-listed company looks to commence a new exploration campaign in the next week. The rig and associated operating crew is being supplied by Sondeos y Perforaciones Industriales de Bierzo SA and will be[…]

Fenix Resources says it has formed a strategic alliance with trucking and logistics company, Minehaul Pty Ltd, in a move seen as a significant step towards the development of its Iron Ridge project in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. The alliance will see Fenix and Minehaul form a new 50/50 joint venture company, to[…]

Canada Cobalt Works says it has made important breakthroughs in its proprietary and environmentally green Re-2OX process for the recovery of cobalt, precious metals and base metals, and will look to submit a patent application to protect the technology. New testing using SGS Lakefield in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, has highlighted further optimisation of Re-2OX can[…]

Boart Longyear’s drilling crews have drilled the deepest hole ever drilled in Ghana, according to the Salt Lake City-headquartered company. They drilled a hole 2,083.4 m (6,835 ft) deep, having installing a wedge and navi to drill the hole on track at 600 m and keeping it on track to the end of the hole.[…]

SGS announces that it has officially incorporated the TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyser (TIMA-X) into its suite of automated mineralogy offerings across Canada. Through this move, SGS says it is able to offer its clients better detection limits, superior imaging and faster turnaround time and results. “Combining TIMA-X technology with our existing QEMSCAN capabilities, allows us[…]

“Mining Innovation – The Next Horizon” is the tag line for the fast-approaching Austmine conference in Brisbane, Australia. Taking place at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from May 21-23, the program for Austmine 2019 has been developed specifically for those driven by innovation and working within mining companies, mining equipment, technology and services (METS)[…]