Mining company Cornish Metals has reached a new agreement to explore an area which historically has been one of the most productive for tin mining in Cornwall.
The Canadian-headquartered firm has agreed a prospecting deal with Roskear Minerals which will allow it to search for minerals across a near 50-hectare area less than a mile south of its South Crofty mine in The Duchy, where it is hoping to restart tin mining.
Exploration targets in this area include the sections of the Great Flat Lode - an underground tin-bearing structure which following its discovery in the 1860s became the site of significant mining development during the late 19th century.
