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Tungsten West raises £1.8m and mulls selling some assets

Tungsten West plc raised £1.8 million from the £6.95m convertible loan notes earlier this year for the Hemerdon mine in Devon as it considers selling some of its assets. PROGRESS The proceeds of tranche C will support progress of the permitting process, updating the feasibility study and associated financing. The company also expects to need […]

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Tungsten West appoints Alistair Stobie as CFO

Tungsten West plc has appointed Alistair Stobie as chief financial officer effective on 13 November. Mr Stobie has worked with AIM-listed businesses within the energy and natural resources sector and raised capital within various markets. He was CFO at oil and gas company Octavia Energy, before holding the same post at Hurricane Energy plc which […]

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Tungsten West appoints new NEDs

Tungsten West plc has appointed Guy Edwards, Adrian Bougourd and Kevin Ross as non-executive directors with immediate effect. KEVIN EDWARDS Kevin Edwards’s experience within the aggregates industry includes previous CEO positions at Aggregate Industries UK and Aggregate Industries USA. He was also managing director of Midland Quarry Products and has 25 years’ senior management experience […]

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Tungsten West to cut workforce and hours

Tungsten West plc plans to reduce “staff costs” by a further 25% at Hemerdon mine to give priority to planning, permitting, environmental compliance and funding for the project. CREDITORS Chief executive Neil Gawthorpe said that the move to save costs had followed “some difficult decisions”. The reductions will be in the form of redundancies, reduced […]

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Tungsten West applies for production permit

Tungsten West plc has submitted applications to produce tungsten and tin and to vary the tonnage cap on lorry movements at Hemerdon mine in Devon. NOISE The company said it completed low frequency noise (LFN) trials over two months before applying to the Environment Agency (EA) for a mineral processing facility permit. The EA’s decision […]