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Canadian Critical Minerals Updates Its Permit Application to Restart the Bull River Mine and Mill
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - May 23, 2025) - Canadian Critical Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CCMI)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Canadian Critical Minerals Updates Its Permit Application to Restart the Bull River Mine and MillCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - May 23, 2025) - Canadian Critical Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CCMI) (OTCQB: RIINF) (\"CCMI\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on its application to restart the Bull River Mine (\"BRM\") project near Cranbrook, BC.Further to discussion with the Major Mines Permitting Office of the Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals of British Columbia (\"MMCM\"), the Company has decided to modify its current application to restart the BRM project by combining project phases into one application. If approved, this will allow the Company to restart underground mining and milling operations at the same time. To-date the Company has advanced its application to restart the BRM project in a phased approach in order to reduce the costs associated with completion of all detailed engineering studies in support of the application. The Company is currently working with consultants to complete its application to restart the BRM mine and mill. Moose Mountain Technical Services has been engaged to provide a detailed underground mine plan with estimated completion by early August 2025. ALS Metallurgical Services has been engaged to conduct humidity cell testing on tailings that are planned to be produced from milling operations. This is follow-up work from a previous humidity cell testing program already completed. Humidity cell testing in a laboratory environment simulates the expected metal leaching from a tailings storage facility over time. Previously, the Company completed a detailed design of its proposed filtered tailings facility using Stantec Engineering. Once all engineering reports are complete, the Company plans to incorporate them into a Final Permit Application and make its submission to MMCM in Q1 2026.Originally, under phase one of the restart, the Company sought permission to restart the past-producing BRM project by processing a large 180,000 tonne surface stockpile of mineralized material through its existing 700 tonne per day conventional mill and deposit tailings on surface in a dry stack or filtered tailings facility. Under phase two, the Company plans to seek permission to restart underground mining, continue to use the 700 tonne per day mill and begin sending filtered tailings back to the ...