UNDERGROUND MINING

Strategic Minerals launches tin mine in NW Spain

Company has also entered final stage of crushing plant commissioning

 Minerals from the Penouta mine

Minerals from the Penouta mine

Strategic Minerals Europe, a UK-based producer of metals, has begun production of tin and tantalum at the Penouta mine in northwest Spain as it enters the final stage of commissioning of the on-site crushing plant.

The company said it expects the mine to produce approximately 90 tonnes of primary concentrate a month in the first half of 2022 and reach 100 tonnes a month in the second half of 2022.

It estimated the mineral concentrate would contain approximately 70% tin (cassiterite) and 30% tantalum, according to Strategic Minerals.

Jaime Perez Branger, chief executive officer of Strategic Minerals, described the beginning of open-pit production at the Penouta mine as "a significant step" from its previous production of concentrate from tailings and claimed it would enable increased "output and cash-flow generation".

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