W Resources PLC (LON:WRES) announced a new hire, plant manager for the La Parrilla project, and also updated on recent concentrate shipments from the mine.
The company noted that it has made three shipments in the quarter to date and a fourth is scheduled later this month.
It made two 20 tonne shipments of tungsten concentrate and one 19.3 tonne shipment of tin concentrate. The April 30 shipment will be 20 tonnes of tungsten concentrate.
Jesus Martin has been hired as plant manager bringing four decades worth of experience in metallurgic and gravimetric plants, mostly tungsten and tin in Spain.
"I am pleased to welcome Jesus Martin to the La Parrilla management team,” said chairman Michael Masterman.
“With the plant improvement plan recently completed he brings with him extensive experience and mining knowledge and strengthens the management team as we move towards reaching our T2 production run-rate later this year.
"We are making good progress this month and have already shipped 40t of tungsten concentrate and 19.3t of tin concentrate, with further shipments confirmed in the coming weeks."