Oropesa Tin Project
The Oropesa Tin Project is strategically located within the European Union, 150km north of Seville within Spain’s Andalucía Autonomous Region. Oropesa has one of the world’s only undeveloped, opencut tin deposits, with easy access to Spain and Europe’s world class infrastructure. The project is at an advanced stage of development, with a recently completed Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) and Maiden Ore Reserve Statement. The company has made strategic steps to vertically integrate and not only develop Europe’s only tin mine but a mine-to-metal supply chain of tin metal ingots.
Definitive Feasibility Study
The DFS confirms the project’s compliance with regulations, responsible approach to planning, minimisation of environmental disturbance and low impact to the surrounding communities; whilst also highlighting the strategic benefits of being the only mine-to-metal vertically integrated tin project in development within the European Union.
The DFS, delivered by Elementos’ Spanish subsidiary Minas de Estaño de España S.L.U. (MESPA), is based on the responsible development, operation and rehabilitation of an open-cut tin mine, processing plant, tailings storage facility, waste dumps and supporting infrastructure to support a base-case mine life of approximately 12 years. The operation is designed to produce a high-grade, low impurity tin concentrate (~63% Sn), which is planned to be toll treated in a local Spanish smelter before being sold by the company onto customers as tin ingots (metal).
All the assumptions used in the DFS align with the submitted project approvals with the Junta de Andalucia (Andalucian Government) and its major departments. The project has undergone extensive data acquisition, lab work, metallurgical assessment and pilot testing, engineering development works, reporting, scheduling, market tendering, assessment and definition. The project exceeds the 30% design level, and is 90% market priced, meeting the AACE Class-3 threshold for DFS maturity.
DFS Summary Data
Please note that this table has been rounded for compliance, which may lead to differences in reporting
Definitive Feasibility Study confirms robust project design and economic outcomes.

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