Monaghan gold mine plan nearing completion

A gold mining company, which has discovered a 30-mile gold district in Ireland, says it has completed "a key step" towards bringing in a mine at its gold discovery in Co Monaghan.

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc has discovered a gold district running across counties Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan and is planning to develop its first operational gold mine at Clontibret in Monaghan.

The gold exploration company said that work involving mineralogical tests had confirmed ‘the technical viability’ of the technique that would be used to process ore at Clontibret.