Tribe Technology PLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of autonomous mining equipment, has announced a joint development agreement with Veracio Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Boart Longyear and a global leader in core and chip sample scanning. The agreement will see the two companies collaborate on a new system for blast hole chip sampling,…
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Sitka Gold begins drilling at its Alpha Gold Property in Nevada
VANCOUVER: Sitka Gold Corp. announced that drilling has commenced at its Alpha Gold Property located in Nevada’s prolific Carlin gold province. Alpha Gold is located where the projection of the Cortez gold trend, which hosts several multi-million ounce gold deposits, intersects with the Garden Valley Anticline. Permits for a 12-hole drill program have been secured…
Ironridge resumes drilling at Zaranou Gold Project
LONDON: IronRidge Resources Limited, the African focussed minerals exploration company, reported the commencement of a second phase drill programme at the Zaranou Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire. The license borders with Ghana and is along strike from significant operating gold mines including Chirano (5Moz), Bibiani (5.5Moz) and Ahafo (17Moz). Commenting on the Company’s latest progress,…
Exploration campaigns commences at Manora Oil Field in Thailand
PERTH, AUSTRALIA: The Manora Oil Field (Northern Gulf of Thailand) Operator, Mubadala Petroleum, and Tap Oil Limited have approved the drilling of three firm exploration wells and an appraisal side-track, contingent upon exploration success. Tap Oil holds 30% interest in the oil field. Mobilisation operations commenced on 17 November 2019 with the Ensco 115 jackup…
Karoon Energy contracts Stena Forthto drill Marina-1 in Peru
MELBOURNE: Karoon Energy Ltd has executed binding agreements with Stena Drilling Ltd and Tullow Oil Limited to contract the “Stena Forth” Dynamically Positioned Drillship. The “Stena Forth” has been contracted to drill one well, being the Marina-1 exploration well, in Karoon’s 40% owned and operated Block Z-38 in the Tumbes Basin in Peru with drilling…
SER completes drilling at Saxby Gold Project
SYDNEY: Strategic Energy Resources (SER) announce that drilling has been completed at the Saxby Gold Project in Queensland. Vertical rotary-mud / diamond drill hole SXDD020 reached a final depth of 718.63m on 9 November 2019. SXDD020 did not deviate significantly in inclination. SER will sample 95m of core from SXDD020 which will be sent for…
Kalamazoo commences drilling at Castlemaine Gold Project
VICTORIA: Kalamazoo Resources Limited has successfully commenced its Stage 1 diamond drilling campaign within EL6679 of the Castlemaine Gold Project. This initial drilling program is designed to test the encouraging results and interpretations of the extensive ground geophysical surveys and 3D structural modelling recently carried out by Kalamazoo. The program forms the first part of…
Rex announces offshore oil and gas discovery in Norwegian Sea
SINGAPORE: Rex International Holding Limited, a technology-driven oil company, has announced that the operator, PGNiG Upstream Norway has completed drilling of an exploration well and an appraisal well on the Shrek prospect in the Norwegian Sea licence as an oil and gas discovery. PGNiG’s preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 3 and…
Thor Mining commences drilling at the Bonya tungsten deposits
LONDON: The Board of Thor Mining Plc has announce commencement of the second drilling program at the Bonya tungsten deposits adjacent to its key 100%-owned Molyhil tungsten and molybdenum project, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Bonya project is held in joint venture with Arafura Resources Limited, with both parties contributing to the cost…