Connemara Mining (LN:CON) rose after announcing it was awaiting assays from follow-up drilling and prospecting at its Inishowen gold project in Ireland.

Chairman John Teeling said the drilling had intersected veins and the company's geologists reported that extreme flooding in August had unearthed fresh outcrop that they intended to follow up with a "mini-drilling programme".

Botswana Diamonds (LN:BOD) meanwhile "re-discovered" eight kimberlites at its Free State project in South Africa and is applying modern exploration techniques to the area where it believed diamond mines existed prior to 1880.

"Extensive historical working suggests that these kimberlites are diamondiferous," the company said last week.

It noted days later in its preliminary results to June 30 that it was "well positioned to take advantage of emerging investor interest" as the resources exploration sector showed signs of life.

It posted a slightly larger loss than in 2016 due to its increased activity in Africa.

Ecuador explorer SolGold (LN:SOLG) was another junior to record a rise following exploration news.

The Nick Mather-led company said it had made another high-grade copper and gold discovery in Ecuador, this time at its Machos-Florida-Santa Cruz-La Hueca project, using the discovery blueprint from its Cascabel project.

Highlights from rock chip samples from outcropping porphyry copper-gold mineralisation over a 5km by 1km zone included 13.82% copper. 

Company Name		Latest Price	1wk Change%	1yr Change%	Current Market Cap (USD)
Connemara Mining LSE:CON		US$0.06	186.9	178.2	15.87m
Greatland Gold LSE:GGP		US$0.02	155.4	728.2	177.84m
Pathfinder Miner LSE:PFP		US$0.02	68.6	75.0	5.13m
Horizonte Minerals LSE:HZM		US$0.06	66.7	102.4	112.93m
Griffin Mining Ltd LSE:GFM		US$1.01	48.4	58.2	249.08m
Harvest Minerals Ltd LSE:HMI		US$0.16	45.2	-36.6	31.56m
Atalaya Mining LSE:TYM		US$2.24	42.8	113.3	369.97m
Botswana Diamonds LSE:BOD		US$0.03	31.5	14.6	11.97m
SolGold LSE:OLG		US$0.44	29.6	14.1	669.38m
Goldstone Res LSE:GRL		US$0.03	26.0	11.4	8.21m