Turkish drilling company Drillon is reported to have won a MAD 8.4 million ($933,000) tender from Morocco’s national hydrocarbons and mines office to explore for potash in Boufakrane in the north of the country, according to an Africa Intelligence report.
The Ankara-based drilling firm was hired by the U.K. junior potash developer Emmerson plc to undertake an infill program at the U.K. company’s Khemisset potash project in northern Morocco. The infill program was completed in September 2019 (GM Sept. 6, 2019).