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Mt Cattlin poised for production

7th April 2015

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed junior General Mining Corporation has three months in which to compile a development plan to start tantalum/spodumene production at the Mt Cattlin project, in Western Australia, following a positive due diligence.

In February this year, General Mining inked a term sheet with project owner Galaxy Resources, which gave the junior the right to operate the Mt Cattlin project for a period of three years.

The project was placed under care and maintenance in July 2012, and had previously produced both spodumene and associated tantalum by-products.

General Mining said on Tuesday that the company had commissioned a team to assist with a technical review of the operation, focusing on the redesign of part of the circuit to efficiently recover tantalum, spodumene and mica through a gravity dominant process flow.

The team would also look to re-optimsie the resource on tantalum grades, as the previous resource was based on lithium grades.

Furthermore, the company also initiated discussions with potential long-term offtake partners and shippers.

A development decision on the Mt Cattlin mine was expected in July this year. Leading up to this, General Mining would be responsible for all care-and-maintenance costs at Mt Cattlin.

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