Archives: Mineral exploration

Paydirt says it’s “the world’s largest Australian African business forum.” Africa Down Under (ADU) will be held in Perth next week as higher investor sentiment returns to the arena after a tough five years on equity markets for Australian explorers and miners involved in Africa’s minerals sector. Western Australia’s Mines and Petroleum Minister, the Hon.[…]

Although gold production grew for nine consecutive years to reach an all-time high in 2017, and is expected to rise further to new highs in 2019-2020, the mid-term outlook for some key countries is set to slump to generational lows, according to the newly published S&P Global Market Intelligence Gold Pipeline annual report. Chris Galbraith,[…]

A proposed new Northern Territory open-pit tungsten mine would deliver a net outcome of more than A$100 million over its seven year life and potentially could expand underground, a new economic study has found. The mine would generate more than A$500 million in revenue on known mining reserves and an IRR of 59% and deliver[…]

The International Tin Association (ITA) reports that Australian tin explorer and developer, Elementos Ltd has announced plans to acquire the Oropesa tin project in Spain, following the signing of a heads of agreement with the current owner, Eurotin. The Oropesa tin deposit is located in northwest Andalucia, 180 km northeast of Seville in southern Spain.[…]

Finland may have only 10 metal mines to its name, but there are plenty more on the horizon, according to Pekka Nurmi, Director of Science and Innovation for the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK). Speaking on the first day of the inaugural Finland Mine Safari tour for analysts and investors in Helsinki on Monday, Nurmi[…]

Crusader Resources reports the following update on BFS metallurgical test work at its Borborema gold project. As part of the BFS the company is undertaking an ongoing technical and financial optimisation of the 2.0 Mt/y project. This optimisation work includes detailed metallurgical test work utilising samples originating from eight large diameter (PQ) diamond drill holes[…]

Minera Alamos announces the positive results of an independent PEA for its La Fortuna project in Durango, Mexico. The PEA was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) by CSA Global Geosciences Canada. Unless stated all currency references are in US dollars. “With an after-tax Internal Rate of[…]

OceanaGold Corp reports an update on exploration activity at its Haile gold mine in South Carolina, USA. Selection of significant drill results within and/or adjacent to pit designs • 46.6 m @ 4.93 g/t between Ledbetter and Snake • 32.3 m @ 10.14 g/t at Mill Zone • 77.7 m @ 4.04 g/t at upper Ledbetter • 21.3 m[…]

Global Atomic Corp reports an exploration update from its flagship Dasa project in the Republic of Niger, West Africa. Highlights: Drilling at DASA along strike and down dip has been successful in confirming Global Atomic’s geologic interpretation of the deposit and has identified five distinct areas of new mineralization High grade mineralization was intersected at[…]

Braveheart has released positive mineralised material sorting test results from quartz bearing vein material at the Alpine mine gold project near Nelson, British Columbia. Testing was carried out by Steinert US Inc at their facilities in Walton, Kentucky using their multisensory sorting system (KSS). Aaron Matlock, Braveheart’s Chief Operating Officer, was in attendance during the[…]