Test drilling in what was once described as the world’s richest tin mine is to start later this year following the completion of a £2m fundraising by exploration firm Tamar Minerals.
The firm said the investment meant it can now commence work at Great Wheal Vor, a group of 26 former tin and copper mines in Cornwall.
Mining ceased on the site near Helston in 1878 but London-headquartered Tamar, which has ambitions to mine the South West’s histo…
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