EXPLORATION

Tangiers Petroleum wins bid for Alaskan oil acreage

Finfeed Archived Jan 09, 2015

Tangiers Petroleum (ASX: TPT) has switched from offshore Morocco to onshore Alaska with a winning bid for Project Icewine in the US. TPT has negotiated an 87.5% interest in Project Icewine, which is located in the heart of Alaska’s North Slope region. TPT will control over 80,000 acres of 100,000 contiguous acres bought at a

Weeks Away From 5 Chances at Multi-Million Barrel Discoveries?

Next Investors Archived Dec 17, 2014

Four, potentially 5 stacked targets. Over 3 billion barrels of oil (best case, gross prospective, unrisked). One well, and just a few weeks now til spudding.

Fraser Range Drilling Update by RTR – Downhole EM Survey Results Imminent

Next Investors Archived Dec 09, 2014

It took Sirius 17 drill holes to hit a width of nickel in the Fraser Range. On hole 24 they hit the mother lode and discovered the Nova nickel deposit. Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX:RTR) has just reported initial results from its first three drill holes made on their Fraser Range ground, and the results have exceeded expectations.

Neighbour to Drill in Weeks: TANGIERS’ New Alaskan Play

Next Investors Archived Dec 08, 2014

Tangiers Petroleum Limited (ASX:TPT, AIM:TPET) has hit the reset button and secured a new oil play in the heart America’s most prolific oil producing region – Alaska’s North Slope.

MPJ Confirms Nickel Sulphide Intersection with Major Strategic Target Found

Next Investors Archived Nov 27, 2014

Just as the geological model predicted, Mining Projects Group (ASX:MPJ)’s recent drill results are expanding the potential for a major nickel discovery in WA. Encouragingly, nickel intersections at Talc Lake – where MPJ are actively exploring 50km of prospective nickel bearing greenstone, have a strong correlation to the discovery history of known nickel deposits such as Prospero, Sinclair, Cerberus, Maggie Hays and Camelwood…

Drill Results in Weeks: Tiny ASX Explorer with Multi Million Ounce Target

Next Investors Archived Nov 22, 2014

In the Nevada desert, not too far from the bright lights of Las Vegas, sits the Carlin Trend. This trend, stretching over a significant portion of the state, has produced a mind-boggling 70 million ounces of gold, with over 150 million ounces discovered to date…

Takeover Trigger? RLE Hits Gas in its 2nd Cooper Basin Well

Next Investors Archived Nov 07, 2014

Cooper Basin explorer Real Energy (ASX:RLE) just struck major gas zones in its most recent appraisal well. That’s now two successful wells from two attempts.

CXO Seeks and Finds Silver and Lead… Copper is Next

Next Investors Archived Nov 05, 2014

Tiny silver-lead and copper explorer Core Exploration (ASX:CXO) has delivered with high grade assays from their Inkheart and Blueys prospects in the Northern Territory. And there are plenty more deliveries in the mail with copper drilling about to start at separate prospects within CXO’s sprawling Albarta project – over 2,000 km2 of tenements are 100% owned by CXO.

Diamond Drilling Now: SEG Weeks Away From Fraser Range Results

Next Investors Archived Nov 03, 2014

Fraser Range explorer Segue Resources (ASX:SEG) is coming to the completion of RC and diamond drilling on its highly prospective ‘E21’ magnetic target…

RTR Days Away From Fraser Range Diamond Drilling

Next Investors Archived Oct 28, 2014

Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX: RTR) is charging ahead like the raging bull in its logo, with drill bits set to turn at its Big Red prospect in the Fraser Range – Australia’s hottest nickel exploration province.

AVD teams with US$250M geophysics company to bid for Caribbean acreage

Finfeed Archived Oct 21, 2014

Antilles Oil and Gas (ASX: AVD) has linked up with the US$250M market cap Norwegian marine geophysics company Polarcus (OTCMKTS:PLCS) to jointly search and bid for acreage in the Caribbean. Capped at $6.5M, AVD is chasing large scale, deep-water oil resources. It’s now focused on securing high potential acreage, with the aim of attracting a

RTR gears up for Fraser Range drilling, close to mining giant Vale

Finfeed Archived Oct 20, 2014

Rumble Resources Limited (ASX:RTR) is gearing up for a diamond drilling campaign in the prolific Fraser Range. The Fraser Range is presently one of the hottest exploration areas in Australia, following the massive nickel discoveries made by Sirius Resources there in the past few years. A long list of circa 20 small explorers are vying

Drilling in East Africa – Kenya Drill Target Selected For SWE

Next Investors Archived Oct 10, 2014

Swala Energy (ASX:SWE) has just selected a drilling target for their Kenyan Block 12B, to be drilled in 2015. SWE’s JV partner, oil major Tullow, have determined a mean recoverable gross oil volume of 44 mmbbls for this prospect, the Ahero “A” prospect.

Over 4,000m of Nickel Drilling Set to Begin in Days by SGQ

Next Investors Archived Oct 03, 2014

St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ) are gearing up for another major nickel drilling push at East Laverton in Western Australia – an area that could potentially become another Fraser Range. At East Laverton, SGQ’s ground is under explored, it’s the right geological setting for nickel deposits, it’s got a strike length over 130km within 3 […]

Success for RLE on First Exploration Well – Follow up Drilling Coming Soon

Next Investors Archived Oct 02, 2014

Real Energy’s (ASX:RLE) maiden exploration well in Queensland’s Cooper Basin has just hit a major gas zone – recording strong readings in both of the basin centred gas formations it’s targeting.

Drilling Underway for AON: Hunting Mammoth IOCG Targets

Next Investors Archived Oct 02, 2014

Apollo Minerals (ASX:AON) could be days away from finding a Prominent Hill style IOCG deposit. They are in the midst of RC and diamond drilling with results due any day now at AON’s Mars Aurora project. At the EagleHawk project, drilling is ongoing. In total, a number of IOCG targets are being probed with a […]

HMX Hit Giant Copper Moly Intersections – Follow Up Drilling Shortly

Next Investors Archived Sep 29, 2014

Hammer Metals (ASX:HMX) has just made some truly significant intersections of copper, molybdenum and rhenium from its flagship asset, Kalman. HMX’s Kalman sits in the star studded Queensland Mt Isa mining region. With latest intersections like 62m at 0.65% molybdenum and 11.4g/t rhenium, which equates to a copper equivalent of 62m at 4.3%, HMX have […]

IRG receives environmental approval for copper exploration at Kalengwa

Finfeed Archived Sep 26, 2014

Integrated Resources Group (ASX: IRG) has secured necessary environmental and exploration approvals for exploration on its Kalengwa copper projects in Zambia. IRG has approval for exploration on three of the Kalengwa permits, including the flagship Kalengwa South permit, along with two of the three permits of the Kalengwa East project. Due to time constraints, the