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Tungsten West secures MPF permit

Tungsten West plc has been granted a permit to operate its mineral processing facility at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine near Plympton in south Devon. FEASIBILITY STUDY The grant from the Environment Agency is the final the key permit required to progress the project. The company said it would focus on maximising tungsten and […]

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Tungsten West CEO Neil Gawthorpe resigns

Tungsten West plc chief executive officer Neil Gawthorpe has resigned with immediate effect, after 15 months in the role. He remains a board director until finalisation of his settlement agreement. Chief financial officer Alistair Stobie will become interim CEO and join the board, subject to regulatory checks. Tungsten West said it had started the process […]

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Tungsten West raises £1.6m via CLNs

Tungsten West plc raised £1.6 million by adding an additional tranche to the existing 2023 convertible loan notes. The company said that the CLN had been amended and restated to include a tranche D on substantially the same terms as the CLN tranches of A, B in May 2023 and C in December 2023. The […]

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Public consultation begins on Hemerdon MPF permit

Tungsten West plc said that the Environment Agency has begun a six-week public consultation on the mineral processing facility permit for the Hemerdon tungsten mine in Devon. The exercise is the final step before the EA can issue the permit. In February, the company said that the EA would “identify that they are ‘minded to’ […]