Archives: Mineral exploration

An advisory and investment company has teamed up with Uzbekistan’s geology and mineral resources committee to carry out a feasibility study on developing the Yakhton tungsten deposit in the Samarkand region of the country. IFG Capital Partners, which is focused on Uzbekistan and wider Central Asia, considers Yakhton to be the first step in “building[…]

Micromine has announced a partnership with Australia’s Imdex, where the former’s Geobank platform will integrate directly with the latter’s REFLEX IQ-LOGGER™ core logging technology. Micromine said the integration enables “quality, reliable structural data by ensuring optimised and auditable workflows, QA/QC protocols and data integrity, while providing a seamless and user-friendly software interface”. The integration will[…]

Minotaur Exploration Ltd reports that the extended drilling program along the Jericho ‘J1’ and ‘J2 North’ copper conductors at the Eloise JV southeast of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, has been further expanded, upon geological interpretation of drill core. The scope of the drilling campaign has been increased from the announced1 1,700 m to 2,500 m for[…]

Gold developer West African Resources Ltd  reports that the Council of Ministers of the Government of Burkina Faso has approved changes to the original mining permit for the Sanbrado gold project which encompass revised mining and ore processing methods detailed in the latest feasibility study announced in June 2018. The updated mining permit approves changes[…]

To better serve the needs of customers, distributors and staff, “whilst consistently innovating,” LiDAR scanning technology and services company 3D Laser Mapping and 3D mobile mapping technology sister company GeoSLAM have merged. Almost immediately the GeoSLAM distributor network will have access to the full suite of 3D Laser Mapping products and services. GeoSLAM will be[…]

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and GE have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding that could see digital solutions installed across the mining company’s gold, copper, aluminium, and phosphate operations. GE, as part of the pact, will provide Ma’aden with digital transformation advisory and applications, as well as leadership and training opportunities for its[…]

Crater Gold Mining Ltd reports from the HGZ gold mining project at Crater Mountain, Papua New Guinea that mining development on the 1930 level adit is now approximately 15 m from the southern extension of the JL vein. Recent mining has exposed gold bearing veinlets and splays and the JL vein is expected to be[…]

A new publication developed by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is aiming to help resource-rich countries find more sustainable and inclusive economic solutions, fostering stronger linkages between mineral resources and the rest of the economy. IGF Guidance for Governments focuses on local content policies, which are being used more[…]

Canada Cobalt Works has provided the following update as it continues underground drilling and scales up its Re-2OX cobalt sulphate program with SGS Lakefield. Highlights: Canada Cobalt Works is now assembling a pilot plant at the Castle mine to produce bulk gravity concentrates on site for immediate processing into cobalt sulphate Through the company’s proprietary[…]

The long-awaited preliminary economic assessment for Osisko Mining’s Windfall deposit in Quebec, Canada, has not disappointed with strong economics and a surprising amount of detail about how the company will move ore and waste at the underground asset. Windfall, in the James Bay region, looks like becoming a 3,200 tonne per day, long-hole mining operation[…]