Great Western Mining (AIM:GWMO) Mill Site Update

Great Western Mining Corporation PLC (AIM – GWMO, Euronext Growth – 8GW), which is exploring and developing gold, silver and copper targets in Nevada, provides the following progress report on its 50% owned process mill in Mineral County, Nevada.

·    Construction of mill site complete

·    All process plant on site for gravity separation with generator in place

·    Permit granted by regulator for moving material to site from remote locations

·    Commissioning and start-up of mill operations waiting on environmental permit

·    Application for stage-2 leaching process to be submitted following approval of permit for gravity separation

Construction of the mill for producing precious metal concentrates from mining waste and ore through gravity separation was completed shortly prior to the end of the year with all process equipment on site.  The mill is owned and operated by Western Milling LLC, a 50-50 joint venture between Great Western and local contractor Muletown Enterprizes LLC.

A generator has been installed on site for powering the plant which will be replaced in due course by three-phase power from the local utility company.

The Federal Bureau of Land Management (‘BLM’) has now granted a permit for collecting material from mine locations and delivery to the mill site.  Initially the mill will process approximately 35 tonnes per day and has the capacity to be expanded at minimal cost to 200 tonnes/day, once operating parameters have been established.

Commissioning and start-up are dependent on the grant of an operating permit from NDEP (Nevada Department of Environmental Protection), timing of which is outside the joint venture’s control.  To the best of the Company’s knowledge, all environmental guidelines have been rigorously observed and in some cases exceeded, the joint venture not being aware of any outstanding issues beyond pressure of work at the environmental agency.  NDEP has advised the joint venture that completion of the application has high priority.

Please use the following link to access a gallery of  mill photographs and click on an individual photo for a description:  https://www.greatwesternmining.com/priorities/reprocessing/

Great Western Chairman Brian Hall commented:  “Western Milling has achieved its objective of completing  construction of the process mill by the end of 2023, within 12 months of project start-up.  The joint venture is ready to commission the plant and  start operations as soon as the environmental permit has been issued. “

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