March Cornish Mining Sundowner

There was a reasonable turnout last night for the March Cornish Mining Sundowner at Falmouth's Chain Locker. Although many of the regulars were missing, there were a few new faces, including Des Redmond (left in photo below), of Measurement Systems Consulting, who had traveled the 35 miles from his home in Pendeen, not far from Land's End.

There was good news from Camborne School of Mines that the CSM Trust is to offer six £5,000 scholarships for exceptional students enrolling in 2024 on a mining or geology related course. The scholarships can only be awarded to students who have an offer of a place to study at CSM on one of the following MSc programmes: Mining Engineering, Mining Environmental Management, Minerals Processing, Mining Geology. Exploration Geology,  Geotechnical Engineering.

There was a surprise announcement from Cornish Metals last week of the departure of Chief Executive Officer Richard Williams, effective on March 31 when he will also leave the Company’s Board. Richard will remain available to the Company on a consulting basis going forward. Ken Armstrong, Non-Executive Director will step in as Interim CEO and Patrick Anderson, Chairman of the Board, will become the Executive Chairman of the Company during the transition and search for a permanent CEO to lead the Company through the next stage of development of South Crofty tin mine, as the Company moves towards construction. At the UK Mining in Cornwall conference last September Richard Williams received the UK Mining Exploration Award.

Richard (right) receiving the Exploration Award from Steve Double MP