ASX-listed Wolf Minerals has received updated planning permission for the development of the Hemerdon tungsten-tin project in Devon, UK and will now finalise a definitive feasibility on a large scale open pit operation there. Wolf acquired the project in 2007, including planning approvals obtained by a previous owner in 1986. The updated approval provides planning permission for mining until 2021. Humphrey Hale, Managing Director, commented “This updated approval is not only a key milestone for Wolf, but also demonstrates the support for the project from UK authorities.”
The mine is expected to produce some 3,000 tpy of tungsten and 500 tpy of tin. In September 2009 Belgian trader Traxys signed a memorandum of understanding with Wolf to market tin and wolframite concentrates from the planned mine when it took an equity stake in the project.
