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China Mineral Resources Group Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to asWang Pingwei, Chairman and President of China Mineral Resources, met with Heather Stefanson, Premier of Manitoba, Canada, at 10 am local time on July 15。
Wang Pingwei introduced the business overview and development plan of Zhongkuang Resources to the governor, especially the layout and planning of the company in the two fields of lithium new energy and rare light metal。Medium mineral resources inIn 2019, the company acquired Tanco, and in just three years, Tanco has gained new vitality。Today, Tanco has become a safe, environmentally friendly, efficient and vibrant mining enterprise。Wang Pingwei said: "Tanco has high-quality mineral resources, we should seize the market opportunity to increase investment to expand production capacity, and strive to build Tanco into a supply base of lithium carbonate in North America, and become a model of China-Canada friendship mining enterprises."。At the same time, Wang Pingwei said that in order to achieve the goal, there is still a lot of work to be completed, including changing the mining method, increasing production capacity, releasing the value of lithium resources, and fully developing the rare small metals cesium and tantalum。These efforts require the support of the Manitoba government。
Governor Stefanson welcomed the visit of Wang Pingwei and his delegation and expressed his appreciation for the changes in Tanco。She said, "I am very grateful to China Mineral Resources for choosing Manitoba to invest and operate。Their government is committed to developing the mining industry in Manchurian province, hoping to stimulate the local economy and create more jobs through the development of mining。The Manchu Provincial government firmly supports China Mining's development strategy and planning for Tanco, and they will have an in-depth understanding of Tanco's mines, solve the approval process and other issues, and escort the development of Tanco together with China Mining Resources。
The meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere during which the two sides exchanged views on issues of mutual concern。
Tanco is located in Manitoba, Canada, mainly engaged in cesium, lithium, tantalum ore mining and mineral processing and sales of cesium salt, is the only large-scale production of lithium mine in Canada。The company has the world's largest cesium garnet mine in production, which is currently one of the world's largest known lithium cesium tantalum deposits. In addition to cesium garnet resources, it also has rich lithium ore resources. As early as 1987, it began to engage in lithium ore mining operations, producing Li2O≥7.0% spodumene concentrate products。The existing spodumene extraction system at the Tanco mine, with a capacity of 120,000 tonnes, will be expanded to 170,000 tonnes in August。In addition, Tanco is also actively promoting the opencast mining program in the Tanco mine area, and the amount of lithium mineral resources retained under the conditions of the open mining program will be greatly increased。A feasibility study on the extraction options and the construction of a new concentrator with a processing capacity of 1 million tons per year is under way。
Bo Shaochuan, Manitoba's Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Economic Development and Investment, Independent Director of China Mineral Resources, Assistant to the presidentTanco General Manager Wang Zhiwei and Tanco Mine Operations Director Joey Champagne also attended the meeting。
