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 […]
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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 […]
Cornish Metals MRE shows increase of contained tin
Cornish Metals Inc’s revised mineral resource estimate (MRE) showed an increase of contained tin in the indicated and inferred categories at South Crofty. REVIEW A 31.6% increase was recorded in the indicated while the inferred saw a rise of 15.5% in contained tin. The MRE, prepared in-house and externally verified, focuses on the tin-only section […]
Cornish Metals appoints Fawzi Hanano as CDO
Cornish Metals Inc has appointed Fawzi Hanano to the non-board role of chief development officer. Mr Hanano is a finance professional with more than 20 years’ experience in the mining industry and global investment banks. With expertise in investor relations, capital markets and corporate strategy, he was previously head of investor relations and communications at […]
Cornish Metals pumps first water in 25 years from South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has started pumping the first water in a quarter of a century using two submersible pumps in New Cook’s Kitchen shaft from South Crofty tin mine. TREATMENT PLANT Two KSB BSX 463/5 specialist high-head 950 kilowatt vertical submersible pumps, manufactured and supplied by KSB Ltd, sit approximately 360m below surface. The pumps […]
Cornish Metals instals second submersible pump at South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has installed the second submersible pump to dewater the mine at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. COMMISSIONING The pumps, in New Cooks Kitchen shaft, are for stage I of the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps manufactured by KSB in Germany are controlled by […]