Exploration & development

Weir Minerals has announced that it has entered the production side of the tailings processing field.

Kodal Minerals has provided an update on an exploration drilling programme underway at the Bougouni lithium project in Southern Mali.

There are indications that Haneti could host a chonolith type nickel sulfide deposit following review and analysis of all historic work.

Ximen Mining Corp.’s option partner GGX Gold Corp. completes drilling on the C.O.D. vein and is to start drilling the C.O.D. North Vein at the Gold Drop property in the Greenwood Mining Camp.

Thor Mining Plc’s board has advised that samples from historical drilling at Pilot Mountain are to be reassayed for gold following the receipt of positive gold assay results from the Desert Scheelite deposit.

Dacian Gold discovers a new significant zone of high-grade gold mineralisation immediately north of the Westralia Deposit at its 100%-owned Mt Morgans gold operation in Western Australia.

CRC ORE has welcomed world-leading industrial equipment and services provider Metso as its newest participant.

In order to be compliant with the latest emission regulations Epiroc is replacing the engines on a number of surface drill rigs produced in the EU.

The main goal of the drilling programme will be to guide the company in its anticipated start in asphaltite production.

Field activities in preparation for drilling have commenced at Greatland’s Firetower gold project in Tasmania.

Under the agreement, Southern Innovation will provide BHP with technical expertise to uncover solutions to specific challenges BHP faces in mineral exploration and extraction.

Camino Minerals Corp. receives Peruvian government approval for the expansion of its drilling activities along the Diva Trend in southern Peru.

Barrian Mining Corp selects drill targets for its upcoming reverse circulation drilling programme at the Bolo Gold property in Nevada.

Sirius Minerals PLC and its partners have set a new world record for the deepest shaft ever excavated with a Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine (VSM), reaching a depth of over 115m.

RNC Minerals has discovered high-grade gold at its Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia.