Archives: Mineral exploration

GSR recently published the complete “prior” Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) related to the exploration mission of its ‘Patania II’ pre-prototype seafloor nodules mining vehicle in 2019. After its predecessor ‘Patania I’ was successfully tested at 4,500 m water depth in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone in 2017, GSR was able to engineer ‘Patania II’, integrating[…]

From the 11th to the 22nd of June, the UNEXMIN technical teams were in Finland for the first field trials with the UX-1A robot in a real life environment. The Kaatiala feldspar mine, where the trial was held, is an open-pit flooded mine with few underground tunnels, perfect to test the robot’s capabilities. The first[…]

Canadian graphite mine developer Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) will begin production of flake graphite from its demonstration plant (DP) this month and supply material to customers in North America and Europe. It is targeting 2,000 t/y of production over the next two years, as well as 250,000 y/y of uncoated spherical graphite for use in[…]

Agnico Eagle Mines provides an update on activities at its 100% owned Nunavut projects.  These include the Amaruq project, which is located approximately 50 km northwest of the Meadowbank mine, and the Meliadine project, which is located approximately 25 km from Rankin Inlet.  Highlights include: • Type A water licence received for the Whale Tail pit[…]

FYI Resources has appointed Orelogy Consulting as mining study manager for the Cadoux project, responsible for site operations design and scheduling of the high purity alumina (HPA) economic studies. The consultant will take on early-stage analysis of mining at Cadoux, in Western Australia, while providing an overview of “mining requirements, scheduling, stockpiles, waste dumps, tailings[…]

Orca Gold Inc and Resolute Mining Ltd have closed the second of two tranches of a previously announced private placement. “In six years, commented Rick Clark, CEO and Director of Orca Gold, “we managed to discover the Block 14 gold project, significantly de-risk it and demonstrate Sudan’s merits as a favourable mining jurisdiction with a[…]

West African focused gold explorer and developer, Azumah Resources Ltd, advises that exploration campaigns on multiple fronts have continued to progress the Wa gold project, Ghana towards its immediate goal of updating Mineral Resources in Q3 2018 and delivering an interim Ore Reserves update by end-2018. Managing Director Stephen Stone said “The Wa project has[…]

3DR, makers of Site Scan, the complete drone software platform for construction and engineering teams, has announced that Site Scan users can now capture and use structurally-detailed thermal imagery on their projects. This is made possible through a one-of-a-kind integration with the DJI M210 dual gimbal drone, equipped with the Zenmuse XT thermal camera and[…]

The UNEXMIN team has come back from a trip to the flooded Kaatiala mine site in Finland excited after the first field trials with its UX-1 robot proved a success. The two-week trial ended on June 22, with the first week involving dry and shallow water trials of the robot followed, in the second week,[…]

Some four years ago, at a nickel conference in Seville, Roskill’s presentation on the use of nickel in batteries asked the question “…if every vehicle sold today were a Tesla, how much nickel would these consume in their batteries?” While one audience member volunteered an estimate of 150,000 t, the true figure – over 5[…]