Archives: Mineral exploration

Murchison Minerals has the results of the updated Mineral Resource estimate for the Brabant-McKenzie deposit located in north-central Saskatchewan, Canada. The September 4, 2018 Mineral Resource Estimate was performed by Finley Bakker Consulting and the new estimate includes the addition of 19 new diamond drill holes totalling 9,004 m which were completed between January and[…]

Boreal Metals Corp has engaged Arctic Drilling AB to conduct exploratory diamond drilling at Burfjord in Norway.  Boreal is mobilising to commence a 1,000 m reconnaissance drill program in late September and will test a variety of shallow drill targets across the property position.  The drill targets include multiple zones highlighted by Induced Polarisation geophysical[…]

With the recent proliferation of fibre-optic cables, an interest has emerged in their use as sensors. When appropriate hardware is employed, fibre optic cables can be used for both temperature and vibration monitoring and have significant potential in mine monitoring and equipment maintenance. November 13-15, 2018, in Perth, Western Australia, the first Asia Pacific Workshop[…]

Copper Investing News reports that top tin-producing company, Minsur, is aiming to start copper production in 2020/2021, with annual output set to reach 102,000 t of copper and 58,000 t of copper cathode. The $1.6-billion Mina Justa copper project, is the second major mining investment in the country. Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra announced the project[…]

Leon Faulkner, Managing Director, Environmental Copper Recovery Pty, reports that Mining3 is working with in-situ recovery (ISR) mining specialists, Environmental Copper Recovery (ECR), on a Commonwealth Government CRC-P (Cooperative Research Centre) grant which will fund a 2.5-year research program to better understand and resolve key ISR mining challenges—particularly in relation to environmental, social, and economic[…]

Meridian Mining SE has been granted a Guia de Utilização permit No. GU nº 19/2018 by the National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM), valid until 19th of May 2020.The GU allows for the extraction of 6,000 t/y of Mn oxide concentrate from the exploration licence that covers the Califórnia/Eduardo Mendes/Calça Frouxa prospects. These prospects have[…]

Falco Resources’ recent artificial intelligence-inspired prospecting work at the Horne 5 gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, has provided an example of how this technology can be successfully leveraged to increase exploration success. Following the appointment in December 2017 of Albert Mining, a leader in the use of AI, to analyse historical data in the Rouyn-Noranda[…]

The Board of Thor Mining reports the results of a scoping study for the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA. Highlights: Desert Scheelite operational life of 12 years with open pit mining over 11 years and one additional year to complete processing Total Desert Scheelite forecast open pit production of 7.5 Mt Annual throughput[…]

BHP has entered into an agreement with Guyana Goldfields to acquire its 6.1% interest in SolGold, the majority owner and operator of the Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project in Ecuador. BHP Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Mackenzie, said the investment in SolGold would give BHP exposure to a high quality copper exploration project in Ecuador, which is[…]

Discussing its exploration activity in South Korea, Southern Gold Managing Director, Simon Mitchell says: “Our strategic aim with the project generation strategy is not to ‘land grab’ for the sake of it but to build a quality portfolio of targets with demonstrable mineralisation on or close to surface with the potential for the discovery of[…]