Archives: Mineral exploration

Fugro is commencing its first project supporting deep sea polymetallic nodule mining under a contract awarded by seafloor mineral exploration company Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), a subsidiary of DeepGreen Metals Inc. In the deep waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, its specialist marine geoscience team will perform detailed site characterisation surveys. The project, which[…]

Boart Longyear will be promoting its latest innovative drilling products, technologies and services at this year’s Expomin tradeshow. Held every two years, Expomin will take place April 23-27, 2018 at the Espacio Riesco Convention Center in Santiago, Chile. Boart Longyear is one of over 1,250 exhibitors that will have a strong presence at the show[…]

Inkonova recently demoed the Batonomous navigation system for its TILT Ranger and TILT Scout underground drones in Gällivare with LKAB. With the Batonomous System, the drone can be automated to fly and survey with a click on a screen without manual piloting or GPS and with real time mapping to help navigate constricted spaces. In[…]

New drill and rock chip assays together with an interpretation of ground gravity data have identified new drill targets along the Welcome Jack Trend, located 1.5 km east of the Commonwealth-Silica Hill area at Impact Minerals Ltd’s 100%-owned Commonwealth project, 100 km north of Orange in New South Wales. These drill targets will be tested[…]

George H. Read, Senior Vice President Exploration and Development of Star Diamond Corporation has announced that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC), Bauer Maschinen GmbH and Nuna Logistics Ltd have finalised contractural arrangements for the manufacture, supply and operation of equipment to be used for the next phase of large diameter, bulk sample drilling on the[…]

A historic ocean mineral resource expedition, using the Maersk Launcher, launches from San Diego on April 12 to further a mission to responsibly produce the world’s future metal supply from the deep-ocean floor. This is the first of five offshore campaigns that are part of a strategic alliance with Maersk, one of the world’s largest[…]

The Norilsk Nickel Company plans to make an unmanned aerial vehicle, which could move independently inside mines, the company’s representative Levon Kirakosyan told reporters from Russia’s TASS news agency during an IT show. “We have tried using a drone under the ground without GPS communication…we have recorded test videos, and now we understand certain aspects[…]

India’s iron ore major NMDC and Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL) signed an MOU on April 2 at NMDC Head Office in Hyderabad through which they together propose to explore opportunities in rare earths in India and abroad and also in setting up downstream value chain for rare earth products. “Rare Earth Elements (REE) are[…]

Nevsun Resources Ltd reports promising results of a PFS for the Timok Upper Zone copper-gold project in Serbia, which it describes as “one of the world’s best development stage copper projects.” Highlights: Initial Probable Mineral Reserve of 27 Mt at 3.3% Cu and 2.1 g/t Au using a price of $3.00/lb copper and $1,300/oz gold[…]

Mithril Resources Ltd advises that further high-grade nickel-cobalt mineralisation and multiple zones of disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation have been intersected in its first drilling program at the 100%-owned Kurnalpi nickel-cobalt prospect (located 70 km north east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: 12 m @ 0.54% Ni, 0.10% Co from 34 m in 18GDSRC004 including 4 m[…]