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SAXORE XTRACT

25 Sep 2025 07:00

RNS Number : 6965A
First Tin PLC
25 September 2025
 

 

 

25 September 2025

First Tin PLC

("First Tin" or "the Company")

SAXORE XTRACT

 

SAXORE Bergbau GmbH, a wholly owned German subsidiary of First Tin plc, listed in London and Frankfurt, will participate in an EU-funded XTRACT consortium project to demonstrate that indium can be extracted directly from the ore body using bioleaching. The XTRACT consortium consists of 14 research and development partners with a total budget of approximately €5 million, of which ca., €0.2 million is allocated to the German pilot site of SAXORE Bergbau GmbH.

 

SAXORE Bergbau GmbH (Saxore) has signed an agreement with the operator of the Zinnkammern Pöhla e.V. visitor mine to cooperate on the implementation of the research project. The owner of the Pöhla mine, the state-owned Wismut GmbH, has also given its approval for the joint use project. The popular visitor mine, which boasts the largest tin chambers in Europe, provides researchers from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and project partners with safe access to the deposit. Work can begin underground as soon as approval has been granted by the Saxony Mining Authority.

 

The core objective of this 100% EU-funded project is to demonstrate that indium can be extracted directly from the ore body using bioleaching without causing damage or leaving any residue.

 

Saxore holds a Mining License valid until 30th June 2070 for the extraction of mineral resources from the "Rittersgrün" field, which contains the polymetallic Tellerhäuser tin project, the largest undeveloped tin resource in the OECD and one of the most advanced tin projects in Europe. Tellerhäuser's updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE), published in 2024, includes over 700 tonnes of indicated and inferred indium metal, making it one of the world's largest indium resources.

 

Most indium is used in indium tin oxide (ITO). ITO thin film coatings are primarily used for electrically conductive purposes in flat panel liquid crystal displays. Other uses include in alloys and solders, electrical components and semi-conductors.

 

Saxore Bergbau GmbH Managing Director, Matthias Faust commented:

 

"The support of the EU for the XTRACT project underlies the importance of finding new, sustainable extraction techniques to access such critical minerals as Indium. We look forward to participating with our partners in this effort, which can only benefit the EU through providing a clean alternative to unlock the value in our 700 tonnes of Indium resource."

 

Die SAXORE Bergbau GmbH, eine hundertprozentige deutsche Tochtergesellschaft der in London und Frankfurt notierten First Tin plc, beteiligt sich an einem EU-finanzierten XTRACT-Forschungsprojekt, um zu demonstrieren, dass Indium mittels Biolaugung direkt aus dem Erzkörper gewonnen werden kann. Das XTRACT-Konsortium besteht aus 14 Forschungs- und Entwicklungspartnern mit einem Gesamtbudget von rund 5 Millionen Euro, wovon ca. 0,2 Mio. Euro auf den deutschen Pilotstandort der SAXORE Bergbau GmbH entfallen.

 

Die SAXORE Bergbau GmbH (Saxore) hat mit dem Betreiber des Besucherbergwerks Zinnkammern Pöhla e.V. eine Vereinbarung zur Zusammenarbeit bei der Durchführung des Forschungsprojekts unterzeichnet. Die Eigentümerin des Grubengebäudes Pöhla, die bundes-eigene Wismut GmbH, hat ebenfalls ihre Zustimmung zur gemeinsamen Nutzung erteilt. Das populäre Besucherbergwerk mit den größten Zinnkammern Europas ermöglicht den Forschern der TU Bergakademie Freiberg und den Projektpartnern sicheren Zugang zur Lagerstätte. Die Arbeiten unter Tage können beginnen, sobald die Genehmigung durch das Sächsische Bergamt vorliegt.

 

Das Hauptziel dieses zu 100 % von der EU finanzierten Projekts ist der Nachweis, dass Indium mittels Biolaugung direkt aus dem Erzkörper gewonnen werden kann, ohne Schäden zu verursachen oder Rückstände zu hinterlassen.

 

Saxore verfügt über eine bis zum 30. Juni 2070 gültige Bergbaulizenz für den Abbau von Bodenschätzen aus dem Lizenzfeld "Rittersgrün", in welchem die polymetallische Lagerstätte Tellerhäuser liegt. Die Lagerstätte im Erzgebirge enthält, die größte unerschlossene Zinnressource der OECD-Länder und eines der fortgeschrittensten Zinnprojekte in Europa. Nach der 2024 veröffentlichten Ressourcenschätzung enthält Tellerhäuser zudem über 700 Tonnen Indiummetall und ist damit auch eine der größten Indium Lagerstätten weltweit.

 

Der größte Teil des Indiums wird in Indium-Zinnoxid (ITO) verwendet. ITO-Dünnschichtbeschichtungen werden hauptsächlich für elektrisch leitfähige Zwecke in Flüssigkristall-Flachbildschirmen eingesetzt. Weitere Verwendungsmöglichkeiten umfassen Legierungen und Lote, elektrische Komponenten und Halbleiter.

 

Matthias Faust, Geschäftsführer der Saxore Bergbau GmbH, kommentierte:

"Die Unterstützung der EU für das XTRACT-Projekt unterstreicht, wie wichtig es ist, neue, nachhaltige Technologien zu erproben, um so wichtige Technologiemetalle wie Indium zu gewinnen. Wir freuen uns, gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern an diesem Forschungsprojekt mitzuwirken. Neue minimalinvasive Alternativen könnten in Zukunft eine EU-eigene Versorgung erleichtern, und helfen, unserer 700 Tonnen Indium-Ressourcen zu erschließen."

 

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

First Tin

Via SEC Newgate below

Bill Scotting - Chief Executive Officer

 

Arlington Group Asset Management Limited (Financial Advisor and Joint Broker)

 

Simon Catt

020 7389 5016

 

 

Zeus Capital Limited (Joint Broker)

 

Harry Ansell / Dan Bristowe / Katy Mitchell

020 3829 5000

 

 

SEC Newgate (Financial Communications)

 

George Esmond / Gwen Samuel

07970664807

 

Notes to Editors

First Tin PLC is an ethical, reliable, and sustainable tin production company led by a team of renowned tin specialists. The Company is focused on becoming a tin supplier in conflict-free, low political risk jurisdictions through the rapid development of high value, low capex tin assets in Germany and Australia, which have been de-risked significantly, with extensive work undertaken to date.

Tin is a critical metal, vital in any plan to decarbonise and electrify the world, yet Europe and North America have very little supply. Rising demand, together with shortages, is expected to lead tin to experience sustained deficit markets for the foreseeable future.

First Tin's goal is to use best-in-class environmental standards to bring two tin mines into production in three years, providing provenance of supply to support the current global clean energy and technological revolutions.

 

 

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