Potential Partnership For Processing & Milling In Philipsburg

VANCOUVER - American Tungsten Corp. has entered into a non-binding letter of availability (LOA) with Contact Mining Company to potentially process and mill the Company’s tungsten mineralized material at the Contact Mill in Philipsburg, Montana.

The Contact Mill has a 1,000 ton per day milling capacity and a Knelson Gravity Concentrator for minerals that respond to gravity separation, such as scheelite and hubnerite tungsten bearing phases characteristic of IMA Mine mineralization. The mill is also equipped with dual flotation circuits to produce various sulfide concentrates. Historically, the IMA Mine utilized combined gravity-concentration, flotation and magnetic-separation circuits to produce a tungsten concentrate averaging 66-67% WO3 and a argentiferous sulfide concentrate(1).

The LOA represents a significant milestone for American Tungsten’s plans to onshore tungsten production capabilities in the United States through its IMA Mine project and further strengthens the Company’s national footprint and processing capabilities. The Company plans to undertake engineering trade off studies and metallurgical testing to assess the technical and economic feasibility of off-site processing at the Contact Mill.

“We are excited to partner with Contact Mining,” said Murray Nye, CEO. “Joining forces with Contact Mining is a tremendous opportunity for us and marks an important milestone for our efforts to build out a full, end-to-end supply process for tungsten in the United States.”