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Tungsten Permitting.
About this update from Ormonde Mining Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 3723Z Ormonde Mining PLC 13 January 2011 \n\n13 January 2011\n \nOrmonde Mining plc\n(\"Ormonde\" or \"the Company\")\n \nApplication for Mining Concession Submitted for Barruecopardo Tungsten Project\n \nThe Board of Ormonde is very pleased to report that its wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary, Saloro SLU (\"Saloro\"), has submitted the application to the relevant mining authorities for a Mining Concession for the proposed Barruecopardo Tungsten Mine in Salamanca, together with documentation required for the first stage of project permitting (\"Documento Inicial\").\n \n \nKerr Anderson, Ormonde's Managing Director, said:\n \n\"The submission of the application for a Mining Concession is a major milestone in our roadmap to tungsten production at Barruecopardo by late 2012. The documentation accompanying the submission outlines the operating and design criteria for the proposed mining operation and we will now liaise closely with both the local administration and competent authorities as the permitting process progresses. We are extremely pleased with the local support received for the project to-date.\nOn a technical level, our infill drilling programme continues, with results from the initial holes expected in the coming weeks\". \n \n \nThe information and results of the study recently completed by Scott Wilson Mining, in addition to data provided from ongoing environmental studies, have been incorporated into the initial permitting documentation required under Spanish Law for the proposed operation at Barruecopardo, termed a \"Documento Inicial\". This document has been jointly prepared by Spanish consultants SADIM, who have extensive experience in the preparation of similar permitting submissions, and SIEMCALSA, Saloro's joint venture partner (10%) in the project.\n \nInfill drilling is progressing on the southern portion of the deposit, with samples from initial holes forwarded to the laboratory for assay. Assay results will be reported as appropriate as the programme progresses. In addition, the bulk sample for the confirmatory stage of metallurgical testwork to facilitate the design of the \"clean-up\" circuit configuration for the processing plant has been despatched to the metallurgical laboratory. The results of this testwork...