TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Almonty Industries Inc. (“Almonty” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:AII) today announced the filing of National Instrument 43-101 Technical Reports for each of: the Los Santos Mine, a tungsten mine located in Western Spain; the Wolfram Camp Mine, a tungsten mine located in Queensland, Australia; and the Valtreixal Project, a tin tungsten development project located in North Western Spain.
The Technical Reports were filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under Almonty’s company profile and will also be available on the Company's website at www.almonty.com.
“We believe the updated NI 43-101 Technical Reports demonstrate the consistent expansion of Almonty’s tungsten reserves and resources over the previously filed reports, once again demonstrating the Company’s ability to increase the life-of-mine at each of its projects and enhance our understanding of the ultimate potential of each project – longevity in the mine life, increased reserve base and increased contained tungsten at each project through additional exploration activity. Combined with the inferred resources at our recently acquired Sangdong Mine in South Korea, we believe Almonty has a resource profile that rivals any tungsten mining company in the world,” stated Lewis Black, Chief Executive Officer of Almonty. Mr. Black continued, “We are also in the process of updating the Feasibility study for the Sangdong project and including additional drill data that was excluded from the June 1, 2015 study. We anticipate being in a position to publish this update within the next 45 days and anticipate that it will show material improvement over the June 1, 2015 report.”
Summary of the Technical Reports as filed:
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Los Santos June 30, 2015 |
Wolfram Camp August 31, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Tonnes | Avg Grade | Contained WO3 | Tonnes | Avg Grade | Contained WO3 | |||||||||||
| Reserves | WO3 | Tonnes | MTU | Tonnes | MTU | |||||||||||
| Proven & Probable | 1,465,000 | 0.34% | 4,951 | 495,100 | 375,000 | 0.22% | 825 | 82,500 | ||||||||
| Mineralized Tailings | 2,062,000 | 0.15% | 3,191 | 319,100 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stockpiles | 55,289 | 0.33% | 183 | 18,300 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 3,582,289 | 0.23% | 8,325 | 832,500 | 375,000 | 0.22% | 825 | 82,500 | ||||||||
| Resources ( inclusive of reserves) | ||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 75,000 | 0.41% | 304 | 30,400 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Indicated | 2,133,000 | 0.28% | 6,012 | 601,200 | 514,000 | 0.23% | 1,182 | 118,220 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,208,000 | 0.29% | 6,316 | 631,600 | 514,000 | 0.23% | 1,182 | 118,220 | ||||||||
| Inferred Mineral resources | ||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 1,878,000 | 0.25% | 4,663 | 466,300 | 1,879,000 | 0.31% | 5,825 | 582,490 | ||||||||
| Cut-off | ||||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 0.07% WO3 | 0.08% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Resources | 0.05% WO3 | 0.10% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred Resources | 0.05% WO3 | 0.10% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Valtreixal October 31, 2015 | Sangdong June 1, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Tonnes |
Avg Grade
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Contained WO3 equivalent | Tonnes | Avg Grade | Contained WO3 | |||||||||||
| Reserves |
Equivalent |
Tonnes | MTU | WO3 | Tonnes | MTU | ||||||||||
| Proven & Probable | 2,549,000 | 0.34% | 8,667 | 866,660 | 5,900,000 | 0.57% | 33,630 | 3,363,000 | ||||||||
| Mineralized Tailings | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stockpiles | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,549,000 | 0.00% | 8,667 | 866,660 | 5,900,000 | 0.57% | 33,630 | 3,363,000 | ||||||||
| Resources ( inclusive of reserves) | ||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Indicated | 2,828,000 | 0.34% | 9,615 | 961,520 | 9,310,000 | 0.53% | 49,343 | 4,934,300 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,828,000 | 0.34% | 9,615 | 961,520 | 9,310,000 | 0.53% | 49,343 | 4,934,300 | ||||||||
| Inferred Mineral resources | ||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 15,419,000 | 0.17% | 26,212 | 2,621,230 | 34,800,000 | 0.39% | 135,720 | 13,572,000 | ||||||||
| Cut-off | ||||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 0.08% WO3 | 0.275% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Resources | 0.05% WO3 | 0.15% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred Resources | 0.05% WO3 | 0.15% WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| WO3 Equivalent = WO3 + (Sn x 0.74), based on | ||||||||||||||||
| Price | Recovery | |||||||||||||||
| WO3 | USD$37,000/t | 55% | ||||||||||||||
| Sn | USD$23,150/t | 65% | ||||||||||||||
| Almonty owns 25% of Valtreixal and has an irrevocable option to acquire the remaining 75% | ||||||||||||||||
| Almonty Consolidated | |||||||||
| Tonnes |
Avg Grade
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Contained WO3 equivalent | |||||||
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Reserves |
Equivalent |
Tonnes |
MTU |
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| Proven & Probable | 10,289,000 | 0.47% | 48,073 | 4,807,260 | |||||
| Mineralized Tailings | 2,062,000 | 0.15% | 3,191 | 319,100 | |||||
| Stockpiles | 55,289 | 0.33% | 183 | 18,300 | |||||
| Total | 12,406,289 | 0.41% | 51,447 | 5,144,660 | |||||
| Resources ( inclusive of reserves) | |||||||||
| Measured | 75,000 | 0.41% | 304 | 30,400 | |||||
| Indicated | 14,785,000 | 0.45% | 66,152 | 6,615,240 | |||||
| Total | 14,860,000 | 0.45% | 66,456 | 6,645,640 | |||||
| Inferred Mineral resources | |||||||||
| Inferred | 53,976,000 | 0.32% | 172,420 | 17,242,020 | |||||
Qualified Person
The three Technical Reports being filed today were prepared by Adam Wheeler, an independent mining consultant. Mr. Wheeler is an independent Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has prepared and/or approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About Almonty Industries Inc.
The principal business of Toronto, Canada-based Almonty Industries Inc. is the mining, processing and shipping of tungsten concentrate from its Los Santos Mine in western Spain and its Wolfram Camp Mine in north Queensland, Australia and the development of the Sangdong tungsten mine in Gangwon Province, Korea and the Valtreixal tin/tungsten project in north western Spain. The Los Santos Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2011 and is located approximately 50 kilometres from Salamanca in western Spain and produces tungsten concentrate. The Wolfram Camp Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2014 and is located approximately 130 kilometres west of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia and produces tungsten and molybdenum concentrate. The Sangdong mine, which was historically one of the largest tungsten mines in the world and one of the few long-life, high-grade tungsten deposits outside of China, was acquired in September 2015 through the acquisition of a 100% interest in Woulfe Mining Corp. Almonty also has an option to acquire a 100% ownership interest in the Valtreixal tin-tungsten project in northwestern Spain. Further information about Almonty’s activities may be found at www.almonty.com and under Almonty’s profile at www.sedar.com.
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