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ISR Explanatory Video - Time:
07:01:09 - Date:
10 Jun 2021 - Category:
Corporate updates - ID:
4264B
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10 June 2021
THOR MINING PLC
ISR Explanatory Video
The directors of Thor Mining Plc ("Thor" or the "Company") (AIM, ASX: THR, OTCQB: THORF) are pleased to announce that the Company has published an educational, explanatory video on In Situ Recovery ("ISR') and how it will be utilised at the Company's Alford East Copper Project in South Australia.
ISR is an innovative mining technique that has a minimal impact on the surrounding environment in contrast to conventional open cut mining, and can take place simultaneously alongside other landuses, such as farming. ISR is not new and has been used for decades successfulfully to extract uranium and potash. Over the past three years, EnviroCopper Ltd ("ECL"), along with researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ("CSIRO") and The University of Adelaide, have shown proof of concept that ISR can be adapted for use at copper and gold projects in Australia, in addition there are now several ISR copper operations in the Arizona, USA including Gunnison Project, Excelsior Mining Corp.
The video can be found on the Thor website and Thor YouTube channel via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG_1ZGD0WIw
Thor is earning an 80% interest in copper deposits amenable to ISR production at Alford East, as well as holding a 30% interest in ECL, the holder and operator of the Kapunda and Alford West copper projects, also located in South Australia and considered amenable to ISR.
Nicole Galloway Warland, Managing Director of Thor Mining, commented:
"We are pleased to publish this video explaining how in-situ recovery will be used at the Company's Alford East Copper Project in South Australia. ISR is an environmentally sustainable technique which reduces the impact of mining activities on the land, as well as mining costs associated with the extraction of ore. Thor is delighted to be at the forefront of the industry with regards to the implementation of this technology and we look forward to seeing this technique utilised across the projects within our portfolio."
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For further information on the Company, please visit www.thormining.com or contact the following:
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| Nicole Galloway Warland, Managing Director Mick Billing, Executive Chairman Ray Ridge, CFO / Company Secretary |
Tel: +61 (8) 7324 1935 Tel: +61 (8) 7324 1935 Tel: +61 (8) 7324 1935 |
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| WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666 |
| Jessica Cave / Darshan Patel Jasper Berry (Corporate Broking) |
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| SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
| Nick Emerson |
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| Yellow Jersey (Financial PR) |
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| Sarah Hollins / Henry Wilkinson |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512 |
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.
About Thor Mining PLC
Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR; OTCQB: THORF) is a diversified resource company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, ASX in Australia and OTCQB Market in the United States.
The Company is advancing its diversified portfolio of precious, base, energy and strategic metal projects across USA and Australia. Its focus is on progressing its copper, gold, uranium and vanadium projects, while seeking investment/JV opportunities to develop its tungsten assets.
Thor owns 100% of the Ragged Range Project, comprising 92 km2 of exploration licences with highly encouraging early stage gold and nickel results in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, for which drilling is planned in the first half of 2021.
At Alford East in South Australia, Thor is earning an 80% interest in copper deposits considered amenable to extraction via Insitu Recovery techniques (ISR). In January 2021, Thor announced an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 177,000 tonnes contained copper & 71,000 oz gold¹.
Thor also holds a 30% interest in Australian copper development company EnviroCopper Limited, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine and the Alford West copper project, both situated in South Australia and both considered amenable to recovery by way of ISR.²³
Thor holds 100% interest in two private companies with mineral claims in the US states of Colorado and Utah with historical high-grade uranium and vanadium drilling and production results.
Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project, including indicated and inferred resources⁴, in the Northern Territory of Australia, which was awarded Major Project Status by the Northern Territory government in July 2020.
Adjacent to Molyhil, at Bonya, Thor holds a 40% interest in deposits of tungsten, copper, and vanadium, including Inferred resource estimates for the Bonya copper deposit, and the White Violet and Samarkand tungsten deposits.⁵
Thor holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate on 2 of the 4 known deposits.⁶
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