Wall bridge starts Broken Hammer production.

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Wallbridge Mining Company Limited has started production at its Broken Hammer open pit project in the Sudbury basin, the company said in a press release.

WaLlbridge said 20,000 to 25,000 tonnes of ore will be stockpiled by mid-June for shipment to the Redstone Mill in Timmins.

The Broken Hammer project is expected to contain approximately 195,000 tonnes of in-pit copper, nickel and platinum group elements. Wallbridge is using the serviced of William Day Construction Ltd., a Sudbury-based mining contractor, to build the mine. The ore will be transported to Northern Sun's Redstone facility in Timmins and then to a local copper smelter for further processing.

The open-pit mining is expected to be completed within 10 to 12 months at an average daily rate of approximately 800 tonnes of ore per day.

Broken Hammer has an indicated reserve of 259,500 tonnes, grading 0.88 per cent copper, 0.1 per cent nickel, 2.32 grams per tonne (g/t) platinum, 2.1 g/t palladium, 0.77 g/t gold and 6.95 g/t silver.

The company also plans...