Curraghinalt, Northern Ireland

The UK is well-endowed with mineral resources and mining of non-ferrous metals was an important industry for centuries. In south-west England, the granite-related mineralisation was principally mined for tin and copper. Base metal deposits have been extensively worked in many areas of the UK including the Pennine Hills of central and northern England, central Wales and the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Over the past decade, exploration for critical minerals, including lithium, nickel and tungsten, along with other commodities, such as gold, tin and copper, has grown in the UK.

The UK is well-endowed with mineral resources and mining of non-ferrous metals was an important industry for centuries. In south-west England, the granite-related mineralisation was principally mined for tin and copper. Base metal deposits have been extensively worked in many areas of the UK including the Pennine Hills of central and northern England, central Wales and the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Over the past decade, exploration for critical minerals, including lithium, nickel and tungsten, along with other commodities, such as gold, tin and copper, has grown in the UK.

Ownership

92.5%

Mineral Reserve

Stacked rocks [icon]
0.66Moz
of gold

Gold production

Production [icon]
152koz

Silver production

Production [icon]
4.4Moz

All-in sustaining costs

Costs [icon]
$1,581/oz

Capital expenditure

Cashflow [icon]
$75m

Workforce

Worker [icon]
1,841

Overview and locality

Eurasia Minerals Corporation, UK-registered company with exclusive 100% exploration and mining rights over the Curraghinalt project which is an underground gold mine being developed in the Tyrone County, Northern Ireland.

The Curraghinalt mine is estimated to contain proven and probable mineral reserves of 1.44Moz of gold and 0.66Moz of silver.

The mine is estimated to produce approximately 1.36Moz of gold and 0.38Moz of silver over an initial mine life of 10.5 years at an average overall gold recovery of 94.3%.

Located 127km west of Belfast, it is a high-grade, gold-bearing deposit.

A brief history

  • In total, Eurasia Minerals Corporation has drill-tested a 300m strike section of a 3,000m geophysical/geochemical anomaly. Recent drilling confirms the potential to rapidly increase the MRE, with massive and semi-massive sulphides discovered in 2024 step-out drillholes.
  • The Curraghinalt project is classified into DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, DG5 and DG6 mining licenses. Except DG2, the licenses host Neoproterozoic-aged rocks belonging to the Eurasia Minerals Corporation.

    • The DG2 licence is underlain by the Tyrone Igneous Complex and is capable of hosting volcanic massive sulphide mineralisation in addition to porphyry copper-gold and iron-gold exhalites.

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