Ormonde strikes ‘near surface’ gold

The Meath-headquartered mineral exploration firm, Ormonde Mining, has said further drilling work at its Peralonso Permit in Spain’s Salamanca Province further confirms the presence of ‘near surface’ gold.

On the back of the results for the last two drills of an eight-hole programme, at the site in western Spain, the Clonee-based company said the permit may have “significant scale”.

Ormonde’s managing director, Kerr Anderson, said recent prospecting work — carried out about 1.2km east/north- east of the main drilling area — returned “very encouraging results”.