Canada Silver Cobalt completes commissioning of processing plant

The facility was originally established in its current location by the Ontario government in 1941 as a public service facility offering laboratory services, high-grade ore processing and a bullion furnace to nearby mining operations. It was used in their early days of silver mining in the area to pour in excess of 2 million oz. of silver annually in dore bars. Using TTL’s bullion furnace, Canada Silver Cobalt poured three silver doré bars from Castle mine waste material as a proof-of-concept test in 2019.

In 2020, Canada Silver Cobalt completed the purchase of the TTL facility from a private operator, and since then, it has conducted a number of test runs and completed the commissioning of the secondary crushing circuit. As a result, TTL has a complete crushing and screening processing plant with a 20-t/h capacity for high-grade mineralized feed from nearby mines.

In addition, the company recently installed a new gravity plant at TTL that is closed loop with a water recycle step. The two-stage gravity plant, which is designed to operate at 24 t/d, is now fully commissioned. Feed will be be supplied from the Beaver and Castle mines and the Castle East deposit once it has access to the high-grade veins through the building of a ramp, which is currently in the planning stage.

The past-producing Castle mine is Canada Silver Cobalt’s flagship property. It operated at various times between 1917 and 1989, producing a total of 9.4 million oz. of silver and 376,000 lb. of cobalt. The Castle property is currently the only permitted underground asset in the Cobalt camp, covering 78 km² in area.

Additional information about the Castle project is posted on www.CanadaSilverCobaltWorks.com.