Drilling suggests more gold at Irish exploration firm's Monaghan licence than anticipated

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources said latest drilling results in the area indicate an additional discovery of “great significance”

Professor Richard Conroy, chairman, Conroy Gold and Natural Resources, which holds a number of gold exploration licences around the border counties.

Irish mineral exploration company Conroy Gold and Natural Resources has indicated there could be more gold at its Clontibret licence area, in Co Monaghan, than previously thought.

The company said latest drilling results in the area indicate an additional discovery of “great significance”.