Mining Capital's Alastair Ford says the Cornish mining sector has been revitalised by a new interest in the county’s lithium resources.
And now a new company, Cornish Tin Limited, is looking to bring the past back to life and put Britain back on the map as a major tin producing country.
The drill rigs will get turning this Spring on a new exploration campaign designed to verify an intriguing hypothesis – that a significant amount of the tin at Great Wheal Vor remains there for the taking.