Archives: Mineral exploration

Field trials for the CSIRO-developed Online Gold Analyser (OLGA) are showing such positive results at a Queensland gold mine that the technology is expected to be ready for market this year, the research organisation reported recently. OLGA is an X-ray fluorescence-based technology capable of detecting gold in slurry with around 1,000-times better accuracy than conventional[…]

Swick Mining Services, a leading provider of high-quality underground and surface mineral drilling and mineral analysis services, has provided an update on its recent contract tender outcomes and new contract awards that have delivered a significant increase to its order book. As a result of the tender outcomes, Swick is pleased to advise that it[…]

MICROMINE has announced the latest version of its field logging solution, Geobank Mobile 2019. Enhanced user interface control, data capture, camera integration, offline help and file exchange functionality are among the key features. Geobank Mobile 2019 is available for download now. Geobank Product Strategy Manager, Ian Whitehouse explained the new version boasted enhanced product functionality[…]

Mitchell Services has been awarded a contract extension at BHP’s Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine in South Australia, which means it will continue with its underground drilling work until April 2020. Under the varied terms of the deal, which comes on the back of a sustained period of strong drilling performance, the company will provide up[…]

Eurasia Mining says it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, with an associated mine finance package, for its Monchetundra PGM-gold-copper-nickel project, in Russia. The contract with China’s Sinosteel follows ongoing discussions between the two parties, which have been taking place since issue of the mining permit for a circa-2 Moz (two platinum[…]

Mineral Commodities’ wholly-owned subsidiary, MRC Graphite, says it has executed a professional services agreement with Mondium to undertake early contractor involvement (ECI) and front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Munglinup graphite project, in Western Australia. MRC Graphite is in the final stages of completing a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for Munglinup, which will provide[…]

A recent LiDAR survey has confirmed the location of a large stockpile of mineralised material at Kingston Resources’ Misima gold project in Papua New Guinea. The light detection and ranging (LiDAR) survey provided a highly accurate and detailed model of the surface terrain, which has assisted in identifying historical mining topography, current and historic artisanal[…]

The transition to a low-carbon economy, access to resources and new ways to finance mining are just some of the drivers the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Nicolas Maennling and Perrine Toledano believe will shape the future of the mining and metals sector. Maennling and Toledano, co-curators of the WEF’s Transformation Map on Mining and Metals,[…]

South Star Mining Corp’s aim of using a filter press and eliminating the requirement for a tailings storage facility at its Santa Cruz graphite project in Bahia, Brazil, has been given a boost following positive bench scale test results. The Toronto-listed company said it had received positive results for the laboratory bench scale filtered tailings[…]

Standard Lithium has engaged Advisian, the consulting arm of WorleyParsons Canada Services, to carry out a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its flagship LANXESS project in the south-central region of Arkansas, the US. The AACE Class 5 PEA on the 150,000-acre (60,703-ha) lithium brine project will be established using a baseline production of around 20,000[…]