Exploration & development

Greatland Gold has announced the first results from Newcrest’s drilling campaign at Greatland’s Havieron licence in the Paterson region of Western Australia.

Cora Gold has picked up a prospective exploration permit close to the Sanankoro gold discovery and Yanfolila gold mine at the Yanfolila gold belt in Mali.

The Black Hills gold project has the potential to become the company’s second significant project in the Paterson region in Western Australia.

Trilogy Metals has provided an update on its drilling and technical activities at its Arctic and Bornite projects in Northwest Alaska.

Bullseye Mining Ltd has yielded 94% gold recoveries at its North Laverton gold project in Western Australia.

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.