Strongbow Successfully Completes Water Treatment Trials at South Crofty Tin Mine, UK
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Strongbow Exploration Inc. has successfully completed water treatment trials at its South Crofty tin project, located in Cornwall, UK and is now working on an application to the UK Environment Agency (EA) for a mine waste permit.
The company has hired WS Atkins, a leading global engineering and project management consultancy, to submit an application to the EA for a mine waste permit with water discharge consent. The application is expected to be filed within one month, and permits are anticipated to be issued before the end of summer this year.
Once the Company receives a mine waste permit with water discharge consent, the South Crofty project will be fully permitted, with the following in place:
• a mining license valid to 2071
• planning permission to construct new surface process facilities
• ability to dewater the mine
“This is an important step forward as Strongbow works to bring the South Crofty mine back into operation. The South Crofty team worked closely with the UK Environment Agency throughout the process and I am very pleased that we were able to develop a system to treat the mine water which met their very high standards. We have resounding local support in Cornwall and I look forward to updating shareholders and the local community during the summer,” said Richard Williams, CEO and president of Strongbow.
The water treatment trials were required by the EA to demonstrate that contaminated mine water could be treated, and dissolved metals and suspended solids collected prior to discharging mine water from the South Crofty mine workings into the Red River. The results of the trial successfully met all treated water target contaminant levels proposed by the EA.
The water treatment trials were undertaken by a leading UK mine water treatment company, Siltbuster Process Solutions, utilizing their high density sludge (HDS) process and a temporary water treatment plant constructed for the trial period located at the South Crofty mine site. Siltbuster personnel also designed and built the nearby water treatment facility at the Wheal Jane mine, which has been in operation for over fifteen years.
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