RNS9 Dec 2021 09:15
Bill Brodie Good, Chief Executive Officer & Technical Director of Alien Metals, commented: "We have been very fortunate to both find and secure the services of personnel with previous experience of the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project. This local knowledge will be incredibly valuable during the re-opening work at Elizabeth Hill.
"We have purchased all the necessary equipment to support the mine re-opening, along with a small but fully self-contained field camp. This will give us a terrific on-site platform to plan and carry out work across the local tenements. Ultimately, going back underground presents us with a fantastic opportunity to work on the remaining resource and increase our knowledge and geological understanding of the project.
"We are very excited to see the pending assay results from the last drilling programme and look forward to sharing them with the market soon as we get them."
As a critical part of the development of this project, Alien are very fortunate to have the original miner who carried out the underground development engaged to open up the historic mine. Having been untouched for over 20 years, the initial work needed will be to dewater the mine and then to re-establish the dewatering system that was already in place via the existing steel lined water bores located just north east of the main shaft. A substantial head frame will then be installed over the main shaft to facilitate safe and approved access via a cable system to underground.