First Tin highlights wider opportunity around Taronga
Tin developer First Tin has highlighted the exploration opportunities around its Australian Taronga tin project.
CEO Bill Scotting said that while bringing Taronga into production is the “highest priority” over the short term, the review into exploration “has shown as large pipeline of nearby projects within this exceptional tin district that [First Tin] intend[s] to progress in parallel, to sustainably meet the forecast medium-term growth in tin demand.”
The company says this review has enhanced the likelihood of using the Taronga processing facility as a central hub for the wider tin district and using mobile crushing and jigging units at the satellite deposits before transport to the hub.
First Tin named resource drilling at targets immediately adjacent to known mineralisation at Taronga and continuing soil sampling at Taronga Southwest as its highest priorities for 2025. The company also named the Pound Flat area as having “excellent potential for satellite feed” at tin grades similar to that of the main Taronga resource, and will target drilling here as well as at Tin Beetle, which was the historic centre of the Emmaville Tin District.
Previous drilling during the 1970s and 1980s at Tin Beetle identified several shallow zones more than 200 m long with mineralisation over 0.1% Sn, including 47.5 m at 0.38% Sn from the surface.
We look forward to seeing fresh drilling results from First Tin’s Australia operations. First production from Taronga is targeted for 2026-2027, making it one of the first new major tin mines to enter production since Alphamin’s Bisie mine.
