Dec 24 2009
United States Antimony Corporation (“USAC”) (OTCBB:UAMY) announced that USAMSA, a USAC wholly owned subsidiary, has received its final permit from SEMARNAT (the Mexican Federal Agency for Environmental Protection) to start construction of a mill near Berrnal in the State of Queretaro, Mexico.
The mill will upgrade antimony rock from the Soyatal District and antimony, silver and gold- bearing rock from the Los Juarez area both in the State of Querretaro, Mexico. It will have an initial calculated production rate of 150 metric tons per day. The mill was prefabricated in Montana and most of it is now in El Paso, Texas and Mexico. Mill start-up could be realized by the end of the first quarter of 2010. It will upgrade rock to a 60% antimony grade that will be shipped to the USAMSA smelter in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. The smelter has been operating on high-grade rock being mined at the Soyatal District and from ore and concentrates from Central America, Peru, and other deposits in Mexico.
A Company spokesman said that USAC is making an all-out effort to increase its supply of raw material to address the numerous orders it is receiving for antimony products in the United States and other countries. The Chinese produce more than 92% of the world supply of antimony. The mill will make USAC one of the only fully integrated North American producers of antimony.
Source: http://www.usantimony.com/