Ormonde Mining, the Co Meath-based mineral resource firm, is hoping to sell its La Zarza copper and gold project, in the south of Spain, for €5m in the second quarter of this year.

Irish mineral exploration company, Ormonde Mining has raised £1.4m (€1.7m) in fresh funding via a new share placing.

IRISH exploration company, Ormonde Mining has applied to the mining authorities in Spain for the re-activation of the La Zarza copper mine in the south of the country.

IRISH mineral exploration company Ormonde Mining has unveiled that its project in Salamanca, Spain, has found “excellent gold potential”, according to an independent report.

SOUTH American conglomerate Antofagasta has been awarded an option to take a controlling stake in the La Zarza copper, gold and zinc mine in southern Spain which is controlled by Irish company Ormonde Mining; after the two reached a joint venture exploration agreement.

ORMONDE MINING, the Irish mineral exploration company whose main focus is two mines in Spain (one for copper, gold and zinc and the other tungsten) has announced a share placing aimed at raising around £620,477 (nearly €720,000) in new capital.

Ormonde Mining has reported a new mineral resource estimate for its Barruecopardo Tungsten project in Salamanca, Spain, prepared by independent consultants CSA Global Pty Ltd, which shows a threefold increase in resource tonnage.

ORMONDE Mining, the Co Meath-based metals exploration company has reported that latest drilling work from its Barruecopardo tungsten mine in Salamanca in Spain has gone well, with the potential existing for the company to increase its resource estimates at the site over the short term.

ORMONDE Mining, listed on both Dublin and London’s small companies markets, has had encouraging results from its gold prospecting in western Spain.

Ormonde Mining has increased its equity interest in the La Zarza project in southern Spain to 100% in an acquisition which includes all land holdings at La Zarza held by joint venture partner Nueva Tharsis.

EXPLORATION company Ormonde Mining says drilling at its Barruecopardo system in northern Spain indicates potential for a new tungsten find.

Ormonde Mining plc today reported progress on its gold exploration projects in northwest Spain, with drilling programmes on the Salamanca Gold Project and other properties to continue through Q4.

ORMONDE Mining has reported optimistic levels of mineral resource estimates from its La Zarza Project in the Pyrite Belt mining district in the south of Spain.

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Mining company Ormonde has said it has uncovered a large copper-gold-silver resource with the potential to become a successful mining operation at the La Zarza project in the pyrite belt mining district of southern Spain.

Ormonde Mining has reported positive developments in gold recovery tests on a sample from the La Zarza gold-copper project in southern Spain.

EXPLORATION company Ormonde Mining had good news for shareholders yesterday when it published results from its latest drilling programme at a gold and copper site in southern Spain. The share price added 3% on the news.

IEX-listed Ormonde Mining has announced the completion of its initial drilling programme at its La Zarza gold and copper project in south-west Spain.

Ormonde has signed a joint venture agreement with Spanish company Nueva Tharsis SL on the La Zarza gold-copper deposit in the Iberian Pyrite Belt of southern Spain.

Ormonde Mining said it would resume gold exploration activities at the Salamon deposit in northern Spain next month.