Archives: Mineral exploration

Mincon has completed the acquisition of Driconeq AB, the holding company for the Driconeq Group of companies. Driconeq is a leading global supplier of high quality drill pipes and accessories for down-the-hole (DTH), rotary and reverse-circulation applications with factories in Sunne, Sweden, Johannesburg, South Africa and Perth Australia. An integral part of the group is[…]

Whether for general underground survey or detailed geological face mapping, Maptek argues that it understands the mine survey challenge more than most. “Which is why the new Maptek I-Site SR3 600 m range laser scanner is destined to become the mine measurement standard for underground operations.” The SR3 follows the extra long range XR3 and[…]

Hecla Mining Co will acquire all the outstanding shares of Klondex Mines Ltd, a high-grade Nevada underground gold producer with its Fire Creek, Midas and Hollister mines, through a plan of arrangement. Klondex’s Canadian assets will be spun out to its existing shareholders. Hecla will acquire Klondex for consideration of $462 million with a mix[…]

Gascoyne Resources provides an update on construction activities at its Dalgaranga gold project (DGP), which contains a Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource of 31.1 Mt @ 1.3 g/t Au, which is inclusive of Proved and Probable Ore Reserves of 15.3 Mt @ 1.3 g/t. Process plant construction is +90% complete and on schedule for wet[…]

Newcrest Mining Ltd has released an updated Wafi-Golpu feasibility study prepared by the Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture (WGJV) project team. This study incorporates the findings from the earlier PFS  and feasibility studies announced in February 2016, interpretation of the additional orebody data derived from further drilling and geotechnical studies, together with further work undertaken on mine[…]

Gekko and CSIRO are partnering to commercialise a new technology that provides real-time analysis for gold content in a slurry or solution stream. Delivering an updated sub-parts per million (ppm) Au measurement every 10 minutes, the OnLine Gold Analyser (OLGA) provides insights into process performance that are unobtainable with assayed sample sets. While traditionally assayed[…]

Denison Mines Corp has filed a technical report under NI 43-101 Standard of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for its 63.3% owned Wheeler River project in Saskatchewan titled Technical Report with an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Wheeler River Property, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada dated March 15, 2018 with an effective date of March 9, 2018.[…]

Picture shows delivery of a new jumbo drill rig to be used to expedite underground development work at Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula deposit in the DRC. Initial mine development is planned to begin at the deposit in a flat, near-surface zone along the deposit’s axis that is between 7.1 and 11.7 m thick, at a 3%[…]

Barrick Gold Corporation uses Maptek Vulcan at various stages of the Cortez Hills underground operations in north-central Nevada. Cortez District Operations comprises open pit mining of the Pipeline and South Pipeline deposits, and both open pit and underground mining of the Cortez Hills deposit. Cortez is Barrick’s and Nevada’s largest gold producer. Mined continuously since[…]

The respected mining consultancy and finance advisory group Behre Dolbear welcomes Australian-born mining executive Lachlan Broadfoot as its sixth CEO since its establishment in 1911. In welcoming Broadfoot to Behre Dolbear, Ms. Amy Jacobsen, Chairwoman of Behre Dolbear, noted that “Behre Dolbear is a global firm and we are currently finding that with expanding our[…]