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Norge Mining plc - Publication of Mineral Resource Estimate
February 17, 2021 GMT
LONDON (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 17, 2021
Norge Mining plc, the UK-based exploration company focused on Norway, announces the publication of a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for the Øygrei area, which confirms the world-class 1 characteristics of the Company’s Bjerkreim Exploration Project in south west Norway.
Highlights
Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.55 billion tonnes, containing mean grades of 1.74% phosphorus pentoxide, 4.95% titanium dioxide and 0.07% vanadium pentoxide.
This is a world-class resource of EU Critical Raw Materials, defined as materials of strategic importance for the European economy but for which the EU currently relies on imported supply, and could potentially support a mine life in excess of 50 years.
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Coal and mining exploration sees jobs boom despite COVID-19 pandemic pressures
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Both the exploration and coal mining industries experienced a boom in jobs last quarter.
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Mining across Australia
has seen a boom in activity in recent months, with several parts of the industry recording growth in job vacancies.
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Exploration companies in WA and Queensland are driving employment levels
Companies say they are struggling to fill vacancies
Coal industry jobs in
Queensland saw a 40 per cent rise last quarter, while unemployment among geoscientists dropped to its fourth lowest level in 10 years.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed the state had 78,000 jobs in the resources sector, the highest since 2013 according to Queensland Resources Council chief executive Ian Macfarlane.
WA gold diviner Bob Biggs says 99 out of 100 people are sceptical of the bush art, but that s their bad luck
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Bob Biggs claims he has the ability to divine for gold, water and other minerals.
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Bob Biggs has had a nose for gold since he was a teenager when he worked underground on Western Australia s historic Gwalia mine before it closed in 1963.
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Retired pastoralist Bob Biggs describes himself as a self-taught gold diviner
The 84-year-old began divining for water almost 50 years ago after reading books on the subject
Sceptics say diviners are pretty genuine but all have failed to prove their abilities under test conditions