Approval expected for tungsten mine

Exploration firm Ormonde Mining expects to receive full approval for its breakthrough Spanish-based tungsten project in August, paving the way for first commerciality in late 2015.

The Clonee-headquartered firm’s chairman, Mike Donoghue, said, yesterday, management anticipates the formal mining concession for the Barruecopardo project to be issued “shortly”.

The concession is the last in a long line of regulatory hurdles to be overcome for the highly-anticipated project near the city of Salamanca. Following this, Ormonde will embark on a 14-week period of commissioning the mine, with it due to be fully commissioned in October 2015.