Renison shareholder reports production recovery in August

Unaudited tin-in-concentrate production at the Renison mine in Tasmania in January-August 2016 fell by 9.7% year-on-year to 3,941 tonnes, according to shareholder, L’sea Resources International. However, production in August was reported at 651 tonnes, up 48.2%...

Aus Tin produces first tin from Granville

Australian based tin explorer, Aus Tin Mining, has turned producer with the announcement that production of tin concentrate has commenced from the company’s Granville Tin Project in Tasmania. The company acquired the Granville project in April 2016 and have...

Consolidated Tin enters voluntary administration

Tin explorer, Consolidated Tin Mines (CSD), entered voluntary administration on Tuesday following critical delays to discussions surrounding its working capital requirements and funding options. The company owns the Mount Garnet tin project and Surveyor base...

PFS announced for Achmmach small start option.

Australia-listed Kasbah Resources (ASX-KAS) has announced the completion of a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for a small start mining option (SSO) at its joint venture Achmmach Tin Project in Morocco. The 2015 DFS envisaged a 1Mtpa operation but the SSO has been designed...

Thomson Resources commences drilling near Ardlethan

Australian-based Thomson Resources Ltd (ASX-TMZ) has commenced drilling at its recently acquired Bygoo North tin asset in New South Wales, Australia, and is hoping to delineate a JORC-compliant resource by the end of 2015. The company announced the acquisition of a...

Aus Tin seeks high grade targets near Taronga

Aus Tin Mining is planning a 12 month exploration program to test six recently identified high tin grade targets near its Taronga tin project in New South Wales. This will be funded from revenues raised from a new share offering. Key targets have recently been...

Elementos completes capital raising

Elementos Limited has recently raised Au$2.1 million through an over-subscribed rights issue and a private placement of shares to a number of strategic investors, which it will use to advance its Cleveland mine and tailings project in Tasmania. In a release the...

Trafford re-assays indicate “new tin province”

ASX-listed Trafford Resources announced latest results of a re-assaying programme at its 100% owned Wilcherry Hill tenements in South Australia, which were previously explored for iron ore and gold. Of over 80,000 samples previously assayed, so far only 5,400, or 7%...

Minister backs Venture project

Venture Minerals announced on 3 July that it had been granted a mining lease for its Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten project, and won strong backing from Tasmania’s Resources Minister Paul Harriss in its battle against local environmental campaigners. Venture said that...

Two stage plan for Cleveland revival

Elementos Limited has announced the results of a Pre-Feasibility Study on the re-opening of the old Cleveland tin-copper mine in Tasmania and treatment of tailings from historic workings. The company aims to start tailings treatment as early as 2016, thereby...