The development of the South Crofty tin mine near Camborne has reached another significant milestone with the closing of a previously announced $7.17 million financing deal between Strongbow Exploration Inc. and its largest shareholder. Law firm Stephens Scown LLP acted as the UK legal counsel for
Carey Olsen's involvement in the acquisition followed the firm's advice to Bushveld on the wider restructuring of its operations earlier in 2017, which saw the company spin-out its tin mining assets to AfriTin Mining; a new Guernsey-registered company formed as the AIM-listed holding structure of the
Residents of Koba district, Central Bangka regency, Bangka Belitung Islands have urged the police to act firm in eradicating illegal tin mining in Marbuk, Kenari and Punguk areas. "[Illegal miners] have been told to stop operating numerous times, but they keep coming back and continuing their business,"
Bart Turtelboom, chief executive of APQ Global (LON:APQ) tells Proactive the upcoming Presidential election in Brazil is shaping up to be one of the critical events for emerging markets in 2018. ''It really is too early to call how the field is shaping up, we'll only know that in July but the local Trump-like
Rodger Sargent from Blockchain Worldwide PLC (LON:BLOC) talks Proactive's Andrew Scott through their name change from Stapleton Capital PLC and their new investment strategy. Sargent says they've been reviewing a number of exciting blockchain opportunities and reckon the underlying technology
The 82 km2 Queensberry tenement area is heavily populated with old mine workings and ten recorded mineral occurrences. Four of these comprise the historic Queensberry mine, which according to government records, achieved grades of up to 40% to 56% lead, and six ounces to seven ounces of silver
Mining Capital's Alastair Ford says zinc, the metal used to make steel, is soaring in price due to the global economy marching forward and a strong demand for all sorts of metals.
A mining engineer has completed a mammoth 25-year project to chart all the mine shafts and workings in Cornwall. Using computer modelling, Keith Russ, who works for Western United Mines Ltd, has created fascinating 3D models which bring to life the miles of intricate tunnels and galleries below our
In Bangka, Indonesia, Intan Putri and Nuha Anfaresi explored ways to create a soil-based filter for tin-mining ships to use so they can stop destroying coastal waters. In Hilo, Hawaii, Jared Goodwin exhaustively sampled the soil around a neighboring lake to match arsenic levels to the water dispersed during
Lithium Australia last month announced a maiden resource of 25 million tonnes grading 0.45% lithium dioxide at Sadisdorf, which is a lithium mica deposit enveloped around an historic tin mine. The deposit is ideally suited to processing with Lithium Australia's low-cost SiLeach process and is on the
Shares of Aus Tin Mining Limited (ASX:ANW) last traded at 0.026, representing a move of 4%, or 0.001 per share, on volume of 20.10M shares. After opening the trading day at 0.026, shares of Aus Tin Mining Limited traded in a close range. Aus Tin Mining Limited currently has a total float of 1.93 billion
Ford says Anglo Pacific Group is benefiting from the strong coal pricing environment, with an increased amount of mining on its Kestrel royalty, saying a mini renaissance is
The council hopes bike tourism will enable Maydena to mirror the Derby experience, in which the once dilapidated former tin mining town has been transformed into a popular mountain biking destination. Five years ago, Derby had few job opportunities, a shrinking population and bargain basement real
Global Energy Metals (CVE:GEMC) CEO Mitchell Smith tells Proactive after recent drilling at their Millennium Cobalt project in Mount Isa, Australia, the company drew significant intercepts showing high-grade Cobalt over wide intercepts. Smith says because of these favorable results, they are fast-tracking a work program
Luis Tondo, president and chief executive of Coro Mining Corp (CVE:COP), discusses with Proactive encouraging results from their Marimaca copper project in Chile, plus adds
The tin mines that were once synonymous with Cornwall could reopen for the first time in more than twenty years - but it's not tin they're looking for this time. Instead, briny water underground, including in the old shafts, is thought to be a plentiful source of lithium, an element that is important for making
The initial focus the agreement was the dormant Sadisdorf tin mine to recover both lithium and by-products using Lithium Australia's SiLeach process and
It has been 20 years since a miner last emerged blinking from the depths of the Cornish earth after a shift, and a century since mining was an important industry in the county. The boom in batteries means it could return, thanks to evidence from those tin mining days which showed high levels of lithium in
Last year, Cornish Lithium announced it had reached a mineral rights agreement with Canada's Strongbow Exploration , which in 2016 bought South Crofty, the last tin mine to close in Cornwall, and is seeking to bring back tin production there. Strongbow would get royalties from any lithium extracted by
Small Caps reported that Cobalt explorer Aus Tin Mining has struck thick cobalt and nickel intersections during its drilling program at its 100% owned Mt Cobalt