GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS: UK
On your metal T e glory days of tin extraction may be over in the South West (see box copy), but there is still some viable material left in the ground, and Wolf Minerals intends to get it. T e Drakelands Mine at Hemerdon
near Plymouth is now operational, and the company believes it can produce 1,000 T/A of tin concentrate from the on-site processing plant. T e primary output from the mine is to be tungsten concentrate, with a target of producing 5,000 T/A. In fact it is one of only two mines outside of China with production capacity greater than 3,000 T/A. T e open site consists of a pit that will measure 850m long by 450m wide, extending to a depth of 260m. T e non- hazardous waste is dealt with on-site at the mine waste facility (MWF). Jeff Harrison, Wolf Minerals’ UK operations manager, told IME, “We’re
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very proud of what has been achieved here and the fact that the project build came in on time and on budget, and we are now producing and shipping product to our customers overseas. We are currently still in a ramp-up phase as we move towards achieving our full production capacity, which will see Drakelands Mine supplying 3-4% of the world’s tungsten as well as a smaller amount of tin.”
Going for gold Galantas continues to explore for gold at its Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland site. Roland Phelps, president and CEO notes, “I am delighted with the drilling results so far. T ey continue to demonstrate why we believe Galantas holds an important high-grade gold property, which we expect to be brought into production in the near term. T e
Schematic showing the mine to port plan
Chris Fraser, managing director and CEO of Sirius at the South shaft
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