A critical first for the U.S.
(WorldNews Mexico)

The way James Walker tells it, Utah`s Lost Sheep fluorspar mine was down to a part-time operation for just two men. Having seen better days between 1948 and 2007, operations dwindled to the point that `a couple of old guys were just driving a loader straight into the face of the fluorspar and putting that into bags. The grade was so rich that was all they had to do. So they just did that a couple of days a week and then they`d go off and fish most of the time.` That`s based on a bold plan to move forward without the usual 43-101 de-risking stages. Walker attributes his confidence partly to the project and partly to the market. As he said, fluorspar isn`t well known. But it`s highly coveted...