W Resources Shares up as it Reports "Significant" Régua Resource Upgrade
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 14:55
W Resources shares pushed higher as it unveiled a significant increase in resources at the Régua project in northern Portugal.
W Resources (LON:WRES) shares pushed higher as it unveiled a "significant" increase in resources at the Régua project in northern Portugal.
Notably, the higher confidence indicated resources now stand at 3.76 million tonnes at 0.304% tungsten trioxide - a 76% increase on the previous figure of 2.14 million tonnes at 0.367% WO3 from three years ago.
The total resource tonnage increased by 22% to 5.46 million tonnes at a grade of 0.28% tungsten, up from 4.46 million tonnes.
The group's chairman Michael Masterman told investors: "The drilling campaign at Régua exceeded our initial expectations and we are delighted that the work to date has resulted in this significant increase in the indicated resources at Régua.
"The results to date provide us with a strong basis for the next phase of mine planning as we move the project nearer to production.
"The next step is now to complete the mine planning and reserve estimation process, which is targeted for the first quarter 2016.
"Metallurgical work has progressed well over the last quarter with good metal recoveries. A full update on the metallurgical programme and results will be provided in the next two months."
The latest resource is based on thick, high grade sections of tungsten at or near surface.
In August this year, the firm said it was considering a shallow open pit mine design in a first phase with the second phase to be a larger scale high grade underground operation.
W Resources shares added 3.17% in early deals to 0.65p
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