Company to begin drilling in Tipperary

Connemara Mining, the Irish AIM-listed zinc explorer chaired by businessman John Teeling, has announced the commencement of drilling on licences it holds in Co Tipperary.

The Thurles block of three licences lie about five kilometres south of the Lisheen Zinc mine. The company, which has been focusing on its assets in Meath and Cavan, will be drilling to a target depth of 350 metres in Co Tipperary.

Earlier this month, Connemara carried out a hi-tech airborne search for gold deposits across five of its licence areas in counties Wicklow and Wexford.