Cornish Metals Inc said that water levels are falling quicker than expected during the dewatering of South Crofty tin mine. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS Operations began in early November with up to 25,000m3 per day of water pumped directly from the mine to the water treatment plant before discharge into the Red River. The Canadian company said […]
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Cornish Metals opens water treatment plant
Cornish Metals Inc. has commissioned and officially opened the water treatment plant in readiness for the start of dewatering the South Crofty tin mine. RED RIVER A high density sludge bed has built up within the plant and discharge of treated water from the mine into Red River will begin the week beginning 30 October […]
South Crofty drill samples tests exceed expectations
Cornish Metals Inc reported better than expected results from metallurgical testwork on drill samples from the South Crofty tin project in Pool, Redruth. UPGRADING POTENTIAL TOMRA Sorting GmbH completed X-Ray transmission (XRT) ore sorting and Wardell Armstrong International conducted the heavy liquid separation (HLS) preconcentration testwork. XRT resulted in 55% mass rejection and <3% metal […]
Cornish Metals grants 800,000 options to CDO Fawzi Hanano
Cornish Metals Inc will issue 800,000 options over common shares to its chief development officer Fawzi Hanano. The options have an exercise price of £0.18 per share, the same as those granted earlier in 2023 and the investment price paid by Vision Blue Resources in the £40.5 million fundraise in May 2022. The granted options […]
Cornish Metals begins wet commissioning of water treatment plant
Cornish Metals Inc yesterday began wet commissioning, originally expected in May, of its new mine water treatment plant at South Crofty. PROCESS The plant will use high density sludge (HDS) process technology to treat raw mine water with 25,000m3/day of water pumped directly from South Crofty tin mine. The Canadian company will fill all the […]
Cornish Metals drill tests ‘district-scale’ target
Cornish Metals Inc has begun a 14-hole exploration drill programme for 9,000 metres to test a possible district-scale tin target at Wide Formation in Carn Brea South. EXPANSION Discovered in January, the target lies along the southern boundary of the South Crofty underground mine permission area. The Canadian company infers Wide Formation to lie parallel […]