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Storuman fluorspar estimates grow

06 July 2010

by Jessica Roberts

Scoping study estimates 100,000 tpa fluorspar over 18-year mine life at Swedish site

Keywords: Storuman, fluorspar, Tertiary Minerals, Scott Wilson, refrigerants, fluoropolymers

An independent scoping study on Tertiary Minerals Plc's Storuman fluorspar project in Sweden has estimated 103,000 tpa of acid grade fluorspar (acidspar) could be produced at the site over a potential 18-year mine life.The study, compiled by Scott Wilson Ltd, assessed Storuman's mineralisation using values obtained from 39 drill holes completed by Gränges International Mining in the 1970s and 10 holes...