Ormonde: Barruecopardo Tungsten Project Update

The Board of Ormonde (LSE:ORM) is pleased to provide an update on the Barruecopardo tungsten project in Salamanca, Spain, where construction is well-advanced and commissioning activities have commenced.

As quoted in the press release:

Michael Donoghue, Ormonde’s Chairman and Interim Managing Director, commented: “It is very pleasing to have achieved another major project milestone during the quarter, with the on-target commencement of commissioning of the crush and screen plant and the water treatment plant, taking the Project into its mine commissioning phase. This major advancement accompanied progress on the construction of the process plant where most of the major equipment has been installed and structural works are well advanced.

“The commissioning of the process plant is now due to commence in early December, slightly later than originally planned, with first tungsten expected to be produced from early February 2019, to commence a new secure supply to the global markets.”

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