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Tertiary Minerals Completes Inaugural Drilling at Mushima North Copper Project in Zambia 1

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has successfully concluded its first drilling program at the Mushima North copper project in Zambia. The objective was to test the A1 and C1 copper, zinc, and arsenic soil anomalies identified through last year’s soil sampling. The program involved drilling 25 reverse circulation holes, reaching a maximum depth of 112 meters, with three drill traverses at the A1 anomaly and one at the C1 anomaly. Tertiary is now conducting portable X-ray fluorescence analysis on the samples, with selected samples being sent to an independent laboratory for further… Read More Here

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Trigon Metals Hits High-Grade Copper-Silver at Namibia’s Kombat Mine

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 Constance

Trigon Metals (TSXV: TM) has reported significant new high-grade copper and silver mineralization from its ongoing drilling at the Kombat copper-silver mine in north-central Namibia. The drilling program, targeting resource upgrades near past producing areas, has yielded promising results, boosting the company’s stock. Notable drill results include: These drill holes are part of a 3,500-metre resource upgrade program, conducted at a depth of 105 metres on level 3 of Shaft 1. The drilling targeted areas to the northeast and southwest of previous intercepts, confirming the presence of high-grade mineralization adjacent… Read More Here

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Ivanhoe Electric Begins Drill Testing at Saudi Gold-Copper-Zinc Mine

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 Constance

Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE American: IE) (TSX: IE) said on Monday its joint venture in Saudi Arabia has started drill testing the first of two chargeability anomalies identified near the Al Amar gold-copper-zinc mine, which is owned by Ma’aden, the state-owned mining company and Ivanhoe’s 50/50 partner. In November 2023, the JV kicked off its exploration campaign on 48,500 km2 of land on the Arabian Shield, initially targeting the areas surrounding Al Amar that are considered highly prospective for volcanic massive sulphide (VMS) and epithermal deposit types. The resulting geophysical survey,… Read More Here

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Rome Resources Begins Drilling at Kalayi Prospect in DRC

August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 Constance

Aim-listed Rome Resources has commenced drilling at its Kalayi prospect in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kalayi, along with the Mont Agoma and Mont Agoma Northwest prospects, forms part of the Bisie North projects. Local contractor Mole Drilling Congo has completed site setup and staff orientation and has initiated drilling at Kalayi’s first diamond core drill hole. Two more diamond core drill rigs are scheduled to be deployed to additional sites, one at Kalayi and another at Mont Agoma, with drilling expected to begin within the next… Read More Here

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Mobilisation of Diamond Core Drill Rigs to the Bisie North Projects

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 Constance

Rome Resources Plc (AIM: RMR) provides an update on drilling operations at the Company’s flagship project located in the North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo which comprises the Kalayi prospect, the Mont Agoma prospect and the Mont Agoma Northwest prospect (together the “Bisie North Projects”) The Company is pleased to announce that it has commenced the mobilisation of the first of three diamond core drill rigs to be used in the first week of August 2024 at sites identified and prepared by the Company at the Bisie… Read More Here

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Galileo Resources to Launch Phase 3 Drilling at Zambia’s Shinganda Copper/Gold Project

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 Constance

Aim-listed Galileo Resources has announced the commencement of a Phase 3 drilling program at its Shinganda copper/gold project in Zambia. This phase aims to validate the company’s belief that near-surface copper and gold mineralization occurs along the Shinganda fault splay over a strike length of more than 4 km, potentially leading to the development of a preliminary mineral resource. Phases 1 and 2 of the drilling program confirmed the presence of copper and gold mineralization associated with major regional and localized structures. Mineralization has been identified in vein and alteration… Read More Here

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Madison begins drilling at Namibian uranium project

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Constance

Toronto-based Madison Metals has started its maiden 2024 drill programme at the Khan project at Madison West in Namibia’s Erongo uranium province. In April, the company announced that it had embarked on a mapping programme ahead of the drill programme, which consisted of infill geological mapping, along with ground scintillometer and spectrometer surveys over several Anomaly 5 drill targets. Madison’s original surveying was completed at 40 m line spacing with 10 m station spacing. The company added new drill targets at Anomaly 5 by surveying at 20 m line spacing.… Read More Here

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RC drilling At Sanu Gold’s Bantabaye To Start In Q1 2023

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Constance

Sanu Gold is preparing for a Phase I 10,000 m RC drill program at its Bantabaye Gold Exploration Permit in Guinea, West Africa. Bantabaye covers a 100 km2 area on the western margin of Guinea’s Siguiri Basin, approximately 50 km southwest of Nordgold Group’s Lefa Gold Mine, one of the largest gold producers in Guinea, and 90 km north of Predictive Discovery’s Bankan Gold Project, a recent multi-million-ounce gold discovery. Martin Pawlitschek, President, and CEO of Sanu Gold, commented: “We are excited to be preparing for the initial drill test of… Read More Here

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BEMETALS FURTHER EXTENDS SETA VEIN AND ADVANCES ALL KAZAN GOLD PROJECTS IN JAPAN

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Constance

BeMetals is pleased to announce it has further extended the Seta Vein with recently received assay results for drill holes KT22-13 to KT22-15 from its ongoing diamond drilling program at the Kato Gold Project (“Kato” or the “Property”) in Hokkaido. The Company also provides a summary of progress for all its Kazan gold projects in Japan. John Wilton, President and CEO of BeMetals stated, “We are pleased that the Company’s latest drilling results at the Kato Project successfully extended the Seta Vein Zone some 400 metres along strike from the… Read More Here

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Invictus Energy starts drilling first exploration well in Zimbabwe

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 admin

Australian-listed Invictus Energy has started drilling one of two exploration wells for oil and gas in the northern part of Zimbabwe, the company said on Monday. The 3.5-km deep well, situated in the Muzarabani-Mbire area, is part of the Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe, which is 80% owned and operated by Invictus through its interest in Geo Associates. Invictus said in a statement that the drilling of the first well, Mukuyu-1, began on Friday and will last between 50 and 60 days. Mukuyu, which will cost $16-million, is one of the largest oil and gas exploration prospects to be drilled globally in 2022, estimated at… Read More Here