Elementos plans Oropesa optimisation

Elementos has started work to expand the mineralisation at its Oropesa project. The move follows the company’s recent positive results from its Economic Study, released in May.   While May’s Economic Study revealed positive outcomes for the project,...

Elementos reveals low CAPEX plan for Oropesa

Elementos has completed an economic study of its Spanish tin project Oropesa. The results indicate annual production of 2,440 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate over a 14-year mine life (LOM).   At a tin price of US$ 19,750, Oropesa could generate annual profit of around...

La Parrilla celebrates first tin shipment

W Resources has sold the first shipment of tin concentrate from its La Parrilla mine following a move to 24-hour operations. Despite a series of planned – and unplanned – shutdowns to adjust the processing circuit, production rates rose throughout...

Elementos announce alternative strategy for Oropesa

Having finalised the acquisition of the Oropesa project from Eurotin Ltd in November 2018, Elementos has been working to improve the feasibility of the project. Part of this work is the recently announced alternate development strategy. The original development...

Oropesa development strategy defined

Elementos, who acquired the Oropesa tin project in July 2018, announced a three-phase plan for the mine’s development on 19 February. Oropesa, located in the Andalucia region of southern Spain, is a hard-rock tin deposit amenable to open-pit extraction methods,...