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Cornish Metals looks to £40m backing for South Crofty

Cornish Metals Inc hopes to raise up to £40.5 million from the former chief executive of Xstrata and a placing to advance its South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. FUNDING   The Canadian company has signed a conditional agreement for £25m with Guernsey-based Vision Blue Resources (VBR), founded by South African mining executive and the […]

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Cornish Metals signs further mineral lease at South Crofty

Cornish Metals Inc said it had signed an additional mineral lease to extend its copper-tin exploration area at South Crofty in Cornwall. TERMS The agreement with Sir Ferrers Vyvyan of Trelowarren covers 222 hectares and is valid for 25 years. The Canadian company will pay an annual rent, plus a tin price-based sliding scale net […]

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Cornish Lithium extends exploration rights with Cornish Metals

Cornish Metals Inc said that Cornish Lithium Ltd had extended its option for a further 12 months to explore the company’s mineral rights for minerals-in-brine in Cornwall. TERMS In January 2017, the Canadian company granted Cornish Lithium an option to explore for minerals in brine and geothermal waters on its mineral rights in the county. […]

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Cornish Metals results indicate greater potential at United Downs

Cornish Metals Inc said that recent high grade copper assay results at United Downs could indicate a copper-tin-silver mineral resource to complement the tin mineral resource at South Crofty in Cornwall. UNITED DOWNS RESULTS The Canadian company today reported results from three diamond drill holes at United Downs. Drill hole UD21-011A intersected five parallel zones […]

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Cornish Metals intersects further high grade metals at United Downs

Cornish Metals Inc. announced further high grade tin-copper-silver-zinc intersections from its diamond drill programme at United Downs, Cornwall. DRILL PROGRAMME The assay results are from holes, UD21-006 and UD21-008, which are part of the continuing drill programme, with reported intercepts being drilled lengths. Chief executive Richard Williams said that the results continued to demonstrate the presence […]