Archives: Mineral exploration

Roskill reports that ASX-listed Rift Valley Resources is targeting the Longonjo carbonatite in Angola for rare earth exploration, after publishing a maiden monazite (80%) and bastnaesite (20%) rare earth Inferred Resource in September 2017. The combined Inferred Resource is 44.7 Mt at 2.5% total rare-earth oxides (TREO), including a “from-surface” resource of 11.6 Mt at[…]

Diamond mining giant ALROSA at its division Severalmaz has tested unmanned aerial vehicles – a quadcopter and an airplane – for mine surveying of land objects of Lomonosov Mining and Processing Division. Preliminary estimates show that the use of unmanned technologies provides high survey accuracy, increases the speed and safety of work. Geoscan 401 Geodesy[…]

Walkabout Resources has exercised its option to acquire the remaining 30% of the prospecting licence hosting the Lindi Jumbo graphite deposit in Tanzania. The application for transfer has now been registered with the Ministry of Minerals, Tanzania. Walkabout now owns 100% of tenement PL9992/2014, a part of which is the subject of a pending mining[…]

MinePortal™ is a cloud-based ‘Earth Model’ platform providing real-time management and analysis of drill data, geologic models, rock properties, and ore/waste boundaries. DataCloud, a leading real-time geoscience technology company serving the global mining industry, has launched MinePortal, enabling mining companies to dramatically improve productivity while increasing profitability. With the new MinePortal platform, mine operators can[…]

Explaurum Ltd has announced an initial ore reserve of 7.2  Mt grading 2.09 g/t Au (485,000 oz contained) and completion of the feasibility study for the development of the Tampia gold project in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, 240 km east of Perth near the township of Narembeen. Highlights: Tampia is confirmed as technically sound[…]

Exciting news ahead for the UNEXMIN project: the first UX-1 robot prototype has been shipped to Finland – in time for the preparations of the first UNEXMIN pilot trial in Kaatiala, Finland. After the extensive preparations in the last months, the first UX-1 prototype – UX-1a – has been sent to Finland, where the UNEXMIN[…]

Nemaska Lithium Inc has entered into an agreement with National Bank Financia, BMO Capital Markets and Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corp, as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase on a bought deal basis 280,000,000 common shares for gross proceeds of C$280,000,000.[…]

Margaux Red Capital and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sigma Lithium Resources have made an important step towards completing the feasibility study of Sigma’s foothold deposit at its Grota do Cirilo Property in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Sigma has finalized the environmental licensing process for its Dense Media Separation (DMS) pilot plant and expects to complete its[…]

Fireweed Zinc Ltd reports positive results of an independent PEA for its Macmillan Pass project in Yukon, Canada. The PEA was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 by JDS Energy and Mining, with work on tailings and water by Knight Piesold Consulting. The picture shows drill core from the Tom West Zone showing layers of[…]

An innovative earth anchor-based approach minimises the environmental impact of solar, reduces costs, and increases relocatability of PV plants. This is found in the new NUANCE ENERGY-THEnergy Report “Modular, semi-portable mounting systems for solar in the mining sector”, which focuses on a product innovation that has several advantages for remote off-grid mines. This is mainly[…]