Cornish Metals Inc has installed the first submersible pump for stage one of the dewatering programme in New Cook’s Kitchen (NCK) shaft at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. STAGES The pump is the first of two for the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps, manufactured by KSB […]
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Cornish Metals sets date for dewatering South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc expects wet commissioning of the mine water treatment plant to begin in June and continue into July, before dewatering starts in August at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. PROGRESS The plant, estimated to cost £6.6 to £7 million, is designed to treat 25,000 cubic metres of mine water per day. […]
Cornish Metals nears completion of water treatment plant
Cornish Metals Inc continues to advance preparations ahead of a mining decision at the end of 2024 for the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. WATER TREATMENT PLANT In its annual statements for the year ended 31 January 2023 and until 26 April 2023, the Canadian company reported near completion of the water treatment plant […]
Cornish Metals progresses mine water treatment plant
Cornish Metals Inc said it had made “very good progress” over the last eight months towards the start of tin production in 2026 at South Crofty mine in Cornwall. DISCHARGE The Canadian company has been working on the mine water treatment plant (WTP) along with continuing its drilling campaign. The WTP is designed to treat […]
Cornish Metals advances work streams at South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc said it had progressed the dewatering programme, feasibility study (FS) and exploration of additional mineral rights at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. WATER TREATMENT PLANT The Canadian company has completed 75% of the detailed designs of the water treatment plant (WTP) with commissioning on schedule for June 2023 at a […]
Cornish Metals signs additional rights at South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has increased its acreage by signing a lease for certain mineral rights next to its South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. GREAT FLAT LODE The Canadian company said that the deal with Roskear Minerals LLP is for a 49 hectare area adjacent to the southern boundary of its underground permission area. The […]