Archives: Mineral exploration

Based on further positive drill results, Barrick has upgraded the Fourmile exploration project from a target to a discovery. Located approximately 2 km north of Goldrush in Nevada, drilling continues to intersect high grade results, confirming the continuity of mineralisation in the project area, “and increasing our confidence that Fourmile and Goldrush form part of[…]

Mining software, hardware and services provider Maptek says updates to its Eureka 5 and Workbench platforms will deliver enhanced modelling, correlation and mapping tools for users. Maptek Vulcan and Eureka users have been operating on the Maptek Workbench for just over a year. This has seen tool bars, menus, command lists and shortcut keys created[…]

PepinNini Lithium Ltd reports an initial lithium (Li) and potassium (K) resource statement for its Pular lithium brine project in the Salta province of Argentina. The maiden JORC 2012 resource statement, for the Pular project follows the announcement last month of the initial JORC resource for PepinNini’s Rincon lithium brine project – also in Argentina’s[…]

ASX-listed tin exploration and development company, Kasbah Resources, has published details of a new DFS and Ore Reserve upgrade for its 75%-owned Achmmach tin project in Morocco. The new DFS envisages a 10-year underground tin operation extracting and processing 750,000 t/y of tin ore. With average head grades of 0.82% Sn and improved tin recoveries[…]

Rio2 Ltd and Atacama Pacific Gold Corp report that the business combination of the two has now been completed by way of a court approved plan of arrangement through which the companies amalgamated as a single entity. The combined company will continue to operate under the name Rio2 Ltd and will be managed by Rio2’s[…]

International Directional Services (IDS) has entered into an agreement with Australia’s Minnovare to distribute the Azimuth Aligner® drill rig alignment system. The agreement will see the product available from IDS on a rental basis within its core distribution market of the US. IDS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Granite Construction Inc, said mining clients now had[…]

Anglo American’s Board has approved the development of the worldclass Quellaveco copper project in Peru. Ore Reserves total some 1,300 Mt at a Reserve grade of 0.58%TCu. Additional Mineral Resources are estimated at 1.500 Mt at a grade of 0.35%TCu. Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American, commented: “Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest[…]

A revolutionary new drill rig – The RoXplorer® coiled tubing (CT) rig – has been licenced to one of the world’s leading global mining equipment, technology and services (METS) companies, IMDEX. A prototype of the Australian innovation, developed by Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), is also undergoing final preparations for a drilling[…]

Mintek and Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) are proud to announce their joint acquisition of a state-of-the-art 3D X-ray microscopy system. 3D X-ray imaging of advanced materials, rocks and minerals allows the ability to “see what’s inside” without physically breaking down the sample. The machine, which is similar to the CT scan[…]

Primero Group is to run the numbers at Savannah Resources 75%-owned Mina do Barroso lithium project in Portugal after being awarded the lead role for the upcoming feasibility study. The feasibility will build on the recently released scoping study, which envisaged the building of a $109 million, 1.3 million tonne per year run of mine[…]