Archives: Mineral exploration

The Native Title Mining Agreement for Kalkaroo has now been signed, opening the way for grant of a Mining Lease over Havilah Resources Ltd’s  copper-cobalt-gold project area. The agreement was executed between the Ngadjuri Adnyamathanha Wilyakali Native Title Aboriginal Corp (NAWNTAC) and Havilah. This took place at the conclusion of a special sitting of the[…]

Proof of concept has been established for in situ recovery (ISR) of copper at the Kapunda copper project, in partnership between Thor Mining and Environmental Copper Recovery SA (ECR). The project, in which Thor Mining has a right to earn into a 45% effective interest, holds an inferred JORC compliant resource of 119,000 t of[…]

Mine development is now underway on the 850-m level at Ivanhoe’s Platreef platinum-group metals, nickel, copper and gold project in South Africa. Shaft 1’s continuing advance has intersected 29 m of high-grade mineralization from underground mine development beginning at a depth of 780 m. Platreef’s long-term processed wastewater agreement has been finalized to supply most[…]

LKAB, in tandem with representatives from the University of Münster (Germany) and Luleå University of Technology, LTU (Sweden), recently flew a helicopter-borne survey system, around 90 m above the ground, around its Kiruna area in northern Sweden. The process works where a helicopter flies past 90 m above the ground with a survey instrument in[…]

Thor Mining has an upgraded and increased Mineral Resource Estimate containing tungsten, copper and now zinc, for the Desert Scheelite deposit at Pilot Mountain in Nevada, USA. Highlights: The Desert Scheelite mineral resource estimate now comprises 10.7 Mt at 0.26% WO₃, 19.38 g/t Ag, 0.15% Cu and 0.38% Zn (above cutoff grade of 0.15% WO3)[…]

The key outcomes of Explaurum Ltd’s updated Tampia feasibility study incorporate further metallurgical test work, mine design and scheduling together with refined capital and operating cost estimates. The updated study also includes the addition of the Mace supergene deposit. Pre-tax NPV of approx. A$156 million (up from A$125 million) and pre-tax IRR of about 70%[…]

The remote, resource-rich McArthur Basin has been the focus of a three-year research collaboration between CSIRO and the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) that aims to unlock the secrets of the region’s geology and attract commercial exploration activity. When it comes to understanding one of the most resource-rich parts of Australia’s geology, the greater McArthur[…]

Boart Longyear is introducing its LF™160 surface coring drill rig and FL262 Freedom™ Loader into the African market. After being launched in late 2016, this rig and loader combination is already being successfully used in North and South America, Australia, and Turkey. The African continent got to see its first LF160 rig and FL262 Freedom[…]

Capital Drilling will continue underground exploration and underground grade control drilling services at AngloGold Ashanti’s Geita gold mine in Tanzania after the two companies agreed a one-year contract extension. The contract extension will commence in January and use the existing underground drill rig fleet, currently located on site. The underground drilling services represent a sub[…]

Lithium Australia NL has expanded its extensive holdings in Western Australia by completing formalities on an option over the Youanmi lithium project located in the Archean Yilgarn Block, 450 km northeast of Perth. Option to acquire the Youanmi Lithium Project now formalised The project features extensive lithium mineralisation and outcropping pegmatites It represents a potential[…]