Archives: Mineral exploration

Argosy Minerals has hit its first major milestone at the Rincon lithium project in Salta province, Argentina, producing its first “battery grade” carbonate. Its 500 t/y stage one plant completed production of some 30 kg of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) product that, Argosy says, is representative of its initial specification for delivery to end-users. The[…]

A program to develop a wider potential mining footprint around its Kanmantoo copper-gold mine is well advanced according to Adelaide Hills miner, Hillgrove Resources Ltd. Addressing the Paydirt 2018 South Australian Resources and Energy Investment Conference in Adelaide last week, Hillgrove Resources’ Principal Geologist, Peter Rolley, said the producing Kanmantoo mine is located within a[…]

Aspiring gold developer, Middle Island Resources Ltd has received complete assay results for the first diamond hole of the recently completed, Stage 1, resource definition drilling program at the Two Mile Hill deposit within the company’s wholly-owned Sandstone gold project in Western Australia. 8m at 14.5 g/t Au, including 2 m at 54.0 g/t Au[…]

Since Boart Longyear introduced the Q Wireline system in 1966, retrieving the inner tube from the core barrel has been handled the same way: an overshot with lifting dogs (spring loaded hooked ‘fingers’) is lowered or pumped into the hole until it snaps over a pivoting spearhead mechanism affixed to the inner tube assembly. Once[…]

Aquila Resources has announced the results of an independent open pit only feasibility study completed on its 100% owned zinc- and gold-rich Back Forty project in Michigan, USA. The study was compiled by Lycopodium Minerals Canada with support from globally recognized experts and specialist consulting engineering companies in environmentally critical areas such as waste water[…]

Lucapa Diamond Co and its partners Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (Endiama) and Rosas & Petalas report that a new Angolan Government policy regarding the marketing of Angolan diamond production has been formally enacted. The new laws are central to the new Angolan Government’s drive to double the country’s diamond production by implementing more favourable[…]

Australia’s exports of goods and services surpassed A$400 billion (US$295 billion) for the first time in the 2018 financial year to end June, with resources making up the majority of sales. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed resources exports – including minerals, metals, coal and petroleum – were a record high A$220 billion[…]

SGS announced today that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Minalyze AB to provide near real-time geochemical based analysis on drill core through the Minalyzer CS scanner. The Minalyzer CS scanner generates a variety of data including continuous chemical XRF analysis, core photography, specific gravity estimation, rock quality designation and digital structural logging,[…]

Seequent and acQuire have bolted on a “Smart Refresh” functionality to the latest release of its workflow-based 3D geological modelling tool, Leapfrog Geo 4.3. Smart Refresh, provided by acQuire’s API acQuireDirect, is implemented in Leapfrog Geo offering a quick and easy way to incorporate changes and additions to geoscientific data. It greatly improves the speed[…]

Australian gold producer, Southern Gold Ltd advises that its development partner in South Korea, LSE-listed Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd (BMV), has completed its initial report on the feasibility of re-opening the historic Gubong gold mine. This report is the required catalyst for the formation of a formal 50:50 joint venture between Southern Gold and BMV[…]