Rafaella starts tungsten production in Spain
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Rafaella Resources has produced its first tungsten from its Santa Comba underground mine, in Spain.
The company in March announced a decision to bring forward the underground development at Santa Comba operation, which was last operated in 1985 and has some 7 000 m of workings with visible access to high-grade wolframite veins.
The company said at the time that the early access to underground ore would allow the company to generate near term cash flows and stagger the commencement of operations such that the smaller volume underground would come on-stream ahead of the expected future larger volume surface exploitation.
The underground resource consists of four main veins that combined have 234 313 t of Joint Ore Reserve Committee-compliant inferred resources, at 0.95% tungsten and 0.28% tin, for 2 221 t of tungsten and 655 t of tin.
The company has now safely installed a pilot plant and has produced its first ore from high-grade stockpiles left from the previous operations.
“The successful and safe delivery of the pilot plant, working closely with the authorities to ensure that all permits and approvals were obtained, is a testament to the capabilities of the growing team at site and in Madrid,” said Rafaella MD Steven Turner.
“This is the first real step in bringing the Santa Comba tungsten and tin mine back into production, 36 years from when the underground mine was last commercially operated. We are delighted to be the company leading the way, applying the highest health, safety and environment standards, as we continue to invest in and support the region”.
Feasibility work continues to scale-up operations.
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