The whole mining operation including workshops (crushing and sorting facilities) to be installed underground
Waste rock to be deposited into open stopes underground
Minimum nature land to be used for the industrial facilities construction
Minimum fresh water use for production needs – recycling of purified mine water
Ore Transport by Truck/Train to Elshitsa Beneficiation Plant – no ore beneficiation at mine site
Ore Beneficiation at existing Elshitsa Plant and Tailings – planned to be renewed/upgraded
Project for technical liquidation, conservation of mining sites and reclamation of disturbed terrain
Social
Organized visit for local majors and stakeholders from Bulgaria to Mittersill Tungsten active mine in Austria – one of the biggest underground mining operations in Central Europe. Mittersill mine is located in the heart of the Austrian Alps in nature reserve a few kilometres from Austria’s Hohe Tauern National Park
Governance
The technical design has been developed in accordance with BREF Code MTWR