Name and Location
Hemerdon tungsten and tin project, UK.

Client
Wolf Minerals.

Project Description
The Hemerdon project is located about 9.6 km north-east of Plymouth, near Plympton, in Devon.

The project includes a two-stage openpit, with a ten-year life and a three-million-tonne-a-year concentrator, with associated infrastructure.

Mining will be performed by a mining contractor using conventional hydraulic excavator and truck operations.

The proposed processing facility will separate the wolframite (tungsten) and the cassiterite (tin) from the gangue using crushing, screening and scrubbing; dense-medium separation; desliming and gravity separation; concentrate processing; as well as tailings thickening and disposal.

Value
£104.1-million.

Duration
The plant is expected to be operating at design capacity by mid-2014.

Latest Developments
Wolf Minerals has awarded GR Engineering a £75-million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.

The contract is for the design, construction and commissioning of the three-million-tonne-a year tungsten and tin mineral processing plant and associated infrastructure.

Wolf has also conducted the first drawdown from the estimated £52-million funding package provided by Resource Capital Fund.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
GR Engineering (EPC).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Wolf Minerals, +61 8 6364 3776, fax +61 8 6210 1872 or email admin@wolfminerals.com.au.
GR Engineering, tel +61 8 6272 6000, fax +61 8 6272 6001 or email gres@gres.com.au.