Confidence in Heemskirk resource grows

Stellar Resources has updated the resource estimate for its flagship Heemskirk project based in Tasmania. The new report includes a maiden Indicated Resource for the Severn deposit and a 64% increase in the overall Indicated Resource, increasing the confidence in the...

Progress at Aus Tin’s Taronga project

Aus Tin Mining have announced that final regulatory approval for Stage 1 operations at its Taronga tin project has been received, representing “a major milestone for the Company”, Aus Tin Mining Chairman Brian Moller said. The Mining Operation Plan approval is the end...

Renison output down as new ore sorter is commissioned

Australian miner Metals X’s Q2 activities report has revealed that production from its 50%-owned Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,418 tonnes in Q2 2018, down 16.7% year-on-year and 17.7% from Q1. The lower tin production was primarily due to lower tin head...

Optical ore-sorting applied to Australian tin operations

Metals X has reported that commissioning of an optical ore-sorting plant has commenced at its Renison tin mine in Tasmania. Meanwhile, Aus Tin Mining has reported positive results for preliminary ore-sorting test work on ore from its Taronga tin project in New South...

Renison output down slightly ahead of ore sorter completion

Australian miner Metals X’s Q1 activities report has revealed that production from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,725 tonnes in Q1, down 3.3% year-on-year and 3.4% from Q4 2017. The small drop in tin output compared to the last quarter of 2017 was due to...

Renison production recovers in 2017

Metals X released its final quarterly report for 2017 in January, which revealed that annual tin production from the Renison mine in Tasmania increased 12.2% to 7,082 tonnes. The increase in annual production reflects the recovery from the disruption to operations in...

Renison production dips slightly in Q2

Tin-in-concentrate production from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania totalled 1,703 tonnes in Q2, down 4.7% compared to the first quarter of 2017, primarily as a result of a scheduled processing plant shutdown, according to Metals X’s latest quarterly report....

Renison output down in 2016

Metals X released its final quarterly report for 2016 in January, which reveals a 2.9% QOQ increase in tin-in-concentrate production to 1,768 tonnes from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania. However, the output for 2016 totalled 6,314 tonnes, down 7.4% from the...

Kasbah deal falls through

The planned acquisition of Kasbah Resources, 75% owners of the Achmmach tin project in Morocco, by Asian Mineral Resources (AMR) has failed. The Federal Court of Australia yesterday dismissed Kasbah’s application for approval of the deal, and ordered that it...

Renison output recovers in Q3

Metals X reported positive Q3 results from its 50% owned Renison tin mine in Tasmania earlier today, with a strong increase in production to 1,718 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate and a significant reduction in operating costs. Tin production rose 49% compared to Q2 and...