Archives: Mineral exploration

The Swedish-Australian company Orexplore has launched the world’s first fully-featured digital drilling cores laboratory – the GeoCore X10. The product, which won a Red Dot Industrial Design Award in 2017, analyses the element concentrations and minerals contained in a drill core, as well as providing a visualisation of the rock’s internal structure in 3D. “What[…]

Nevsun Resources reports that a ground breaking ceremony took place yesterday at the Timok Upper Zone (Cukaru Peki) project in Bor, Serbia, commemorating the start of construction of the exploration decline. The ceremony was attended by a number of Serbian and international dignitaries including the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabić; the[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to technology development in exploration or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc.in that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International Mining[…]

Harmony Gold Mining Co reports encouraging exploration results at its 100% owned, South African Kalgold open pit operation in the North West Province, approximately 55 km southwest of Mahikeng. “Our exploration strategy targets highly prospective, underexplored terrains and mining districts to discover and develop gold deposits. The results from the exploration drilling at Kalgold –[…]

DeepGreen Metal’s research vessel, the Maersk Launcher, has returned to port in San Diego after nearly two months at sea. This is the third of seven campaigns to pursue the evaluation of deep ocean metals, which, the company says, “will be indispensable for powering a low-carbon and high-tech economy — battery storage systems, electric vehicles,[…]

Boart Longyear is launching new XQ™ Wireline Coring Rods for use in drilling and coring applications in the mining industry. “Well-known for first introducing the industry renowned Q™ rod, and then the RQ™ rod which took rod performance to a new level, Boart Longyear’s patented and innovative XQ rods add even more value as they[…]

Conico Ltd has awarded contracts have been for the PFS for the Mt Thirsty cobalt nickel oxide project. The Project is a 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) with partner Barra Resources Ltd. The Mt Thirsty project is located 16 km northwest of Norseman in the stable and ethical Western Australian mining jurisdiction. Mt Thirsty hosts a[…]

The first of five ocean campaigns, co-sponsored with Maersk, bodes well for environmentally sustainable and economic recovery of metals. DeepGreen’s research vessel, the Maersk Launcher, will return to port in San Diego on June 4 with positive findings after nearly two months at sea. This is the first of five expeditions to pursue the development[…]

Canada Cobalt Works Inc reports that as crews prepare for imminent and first-ever underground drilling targeting cobalt at the Castle mine, Canada Cobalt’s proprietary Re-2OX process has made an important breakthrough in dealing with recovery of cobalt and other metals in the Northern Ontario Cobalt Camp. SGS Lakefield in Peterborough, Ontario, has used the environmentally[…]

Boart Longyear Drilling Services recently completed a 90-day drilling program in Canada for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd – Albian Sands (CNRL) at the Jackpine and Muskeg River mines. The Boart Longyear crews drilled a total of 218 holes averaging depths of 80 m per hole with a total metre count of ~18,000 m. This was[…]