Sentosa Mining will use Aus$1.4 million raised in an over-subscribed placement to fund its first exploration drilling on the Darvii Naruu Copper-Gold Project in Gobi Altai province of western Mongolia. 
Drilling by Xanadu Mines at Oyut Ulaan Copper-Gold Project in the South Gobi desert has extended high-grade mineralization. Seven diamond drill holes at around 1500 metres have targeted zones of sub-cropping stockwork copper-gold mineralization at Diorite Hill prospect.
A 780-metre trenching program at Xanadu Mines’ Oyut Ulaan porphyry-copper-gold project in the South Gobi region has returned broad intervals with significant copper and gold assays. The trenches tested coincident geophysical and geochemical anomalies and identified three new mineralized porphyry centres under shallow cover.
Dassault Systèmes has announced that three senior executives have been appointed to new roles at GEOVIA, formerly known as Gemcom Software prior to its acquisition in 2012. Andrew Pyne has assumed the newly created role of vice president mining. New appointments to Andrew Pyne’s team include Ben Farquharson as regional vice president Australia, and Simon Waghorn, who expands his responsibilities as regional vice president Asia.