A recent drilling programme, targeting an area of 0.4 ha, at Botswana Diamonds’ Thorny River project in Limpopo, in South Africa, has led to the discovery of a new kimberlite blow (a small volcanic pipe).
BHP Billiton South Flank project has been 84% completed.
South Flank project manager Simon Thomas said at the Global Steel Forecast Conference that BHP Billiton’s construction of the South Flank iron mine in Western Australia has completed approximately 84%.
Exploration spend rises in Sept quarter.Mineral exploration expenditure in the September quarter increased by 3% on the previous corresponding period, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown.
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Xtract receives approval to drill Bushranger project.
Brownfield mine developer Xtract Resources has received all required governmental approvals to proceed with its maiden Phase 1 drilling programme on the Bushranger copper/gold exploration project in the Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB), in New South Wales, Australia.
