Archives: Mineral exploration

Freeport-McMoRan was recently recognized with an award from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for its innovative approach to monitoring mine operations using drones. Rather than send workers into hazardous areas to survey mine sites, Freeport-McMoRan uses a drone to capture a bird’s eye view of the mine environment. The military-grade drone[…]

MGX Minerals Inc  announces that as a result of the recently announced positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the production of 161,000 net tonnes per year of magnesium oxide (MgO) at its Driftwood Creek Magnesium Project, the company has engaged engineering firm Hatch Ltd to complete a scoping study for the purpose of selecting appropriate process[…]

Demand for battery minerals will create a boom in Western Australia “bigger and more sustained” than the state’s gold boom of the 1990s, one of Australia’s foremost mining engineers has predicted. Speaking at day two of Paydirt’s 2018 Battery Minerals conference in Perth, Midas Engineering Group Director/Principal Consulting Engineer, Damian Connelly, said the sector was[…]

Western Australia could soon become a hub for battery manufacturing with the state expected to be the only jurisdiction in the country to produce all raw materials for lithium ion battery production. That is the view of Minerals Commodities Lltd Business Development Manager, Daniel Hastings, whose company is developing the Munglinup graphite project, about 100[…]

Being able to analyse and interpret all available geological data within a single 3D visualisation environment streamlines resource modelling. The upcoming Version 11 of Maptek Vulcan will allow resource geologists to take advantage of the single 3D visualisation environment on the Maptek Workbench for analysing and interpreting all available geological data. The comprehensive range of[…]

The University of Newcastle has launched its first Doctoral Training Centre focused on the Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector. The Advanced METS Doctoral Training Centre, its aim is to deliver innovation. Doctoral Training Centres are platforms to connect industry with researchers to accelerate the commercialisation of innovation. PhD candidates focus on industry problems[…]

Greatland Gold reports that Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) surveys have commenced at the Ernest Giles project. The company expects to announce results from the MMI surveys prior to the commencement of drilling. The current exploration program at Ernest Giles will focus on three high priority targets at the Meadows, Wishbone and Empress areas. The current[…]

S&P Global Market Intelligence says the global budget for non-ferrous metals exploration will increase 20% during 2018, according to its projections, given the good state of metals prices and renewed optimism in the industry. Meanwhile, and as announced by the consulting company last October, spending on non-ferrous metals exploration increased to an estimated $7.95 billion[…]

Rocketmine, a South African based subsidiary of the listed Delta Drone Group, has cemented its global expansion for 2018 with a number of new contracts signed across Africa, as well as new growth into Latin America. One of the newly signed contracts sees Rocketmine break into the Latin American market with several projects for Mexican[…]

As the mining sector enters a phase of renewed opportunity, it is more urgent than ever for miners and explorers to assure investors and stakeholders that their Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates can be trusted. Addressing delegates at a seminar at SRK’s Johannesburg office in February, Mark Noppe, corporate consultant and SRK Australia Chairman[…]