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Residents of Carleen and the surrounding area say they are "alarmed" at what they claim to be a "growing scale" of plans by…

Cornish Tin: The Great Wheal Vor Project Cornish Tin Limited is a Cornwall based mineral exploration company, advancing The Great Wheal Vor Project, near Breage, Cornwall. It has rights to explore for and extract all minerals and aggregates including tin, lithium, copper, tungsten, and geothermal energy. This group of 26 former producing mines, last operated in the 1800s, were described in 1929 as "the richest in tin of all the Cornish mines, probably the richest tin mine which has ever been worked in the world." Historic production grades were high, averaging approx 3.5% tin, and peaking at...

Now mining consultant Jeff Harrison has spoken further about the plans in a statement sent to everyone who has made contact with the company since it announced its plans. As part of it he has addressed people who say they were upset to only just be hearing about the plans, rather than as a whole community involved from the start. Mr Harrison said Cornish Tin informed the Cornwall Council mineral planning officer and Breage Parish Council in October last year of its plans, but they were asked to keep this confidential whilst landowners were identified and contacted. "It is a sensitive ...

Here around 300 meters below the surface. getting the mine up and running in two years won't be easy. hundreds of miles of tunnels need to be surveyed and drained. but with demand for smart devices on the rise, the new canadian owners think that he can make cornish tin desirable once more. >> tin is used in renewable and power storage. it requires tin. what better way to provide the source in areas of conflict or areas where you have trial expectation and find it here in cornwell. >> reporter: it could become one of the only tin mines here, giving technology an opportunity to clean up supply c...