Stellar plans fast-track mine option

ASX-listed tin explorer Stellar Resources Limited has outlined plans to undertake a scoping study in 2016 for the fast track development of the Lower Queen Hill deposit of its Heemskirk Tin project near Zeehan, Tasmania. Of the three tin deposits at the site, Queen...

Stellar announces project optimisation

ASX-listed Stellar Resources Limited has announced reduced capital and operating costs from PFS optimisation work for its Heemskirk tin project, located on the northwest border of Zeehan in Tasmania. In March 2015, Stellar announced a 4.5% improvement in tin...

Heemskirk benefits from metallurgical optimisation

Australian based Stellar Resources (ASX-SRZ) has completed a metallurgical optimisation study which has increased potential tin recovery for the Severn deposit of the company’s Heemskirk project in Tasmania to 79.5% Sn, a 7.1% improvement on the 2013 PFS....

Stellar announces new drilling programme

Stellar Resources has announced the commencement of a new diamond drilling at the Heemskirk tin project near Zeehan in Tasmania. Two diamond drilling contractors have been engaged to complete a combined programme of 17 holes totalling 4,740 metres. One rig has...

Open pit could extend Heemskirk mine life

Stellar Resources has published a JORC resource estimate for the St Dizier deposit adjacent to its Heemskirk project in Tasmania. Indicated and inferred resources amount to 2.26 million tonnes at 0.61% tin (13,800 tonnes contained tin) which could be mined as an open...

Stellar reports capital raising from new investor

ASX-listed Stellar Resources announced that it had issued 50 million shares to a new investor in the company, raising a net A$2.6 million. The funds will be used to advance its Heemskirk mine project in Tasmania and for working capital. In a statement Stellar...

Heemskirk Pre-Feasibility Study looks positive

Stellar Resources has released details of a recently completed Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) of its Heemskirk mine project near Zeehan, Tasmania. A 600,000 tpy operation is expected to produce some 4,300 tpy of tin-in-concentrate and cover capital costs in 3.7 years,...

Stellar upgrades Heemskirk resource estimate

Stellar Resources has increased its estimate of tin contained within its Heemskirk project in Tasmania by 49% following the completion of a year-long drilling programme. The new JORC-compliant estimate of total indicated and inferred resources is 6.28 million tonnes...

Tin outlook interview

The three seminars on tin held in Australia from 14 – 18 September, hosted by ITRI Explorers and Developers Group members, generated considerable coverage in national and regional business news media. A short video interview produced by Boardroomradio summaries some...

Exploration and development updates

Three ASX-listed companies have recently announced progress in bringing new projects into production, with one, Gippsland Limited, reporting a first shipment of concentrate from a small project in Egypt. Meanwhile Stellar Resources and Consolidated Tin Mines, both...