Hudson Over 70% Complete on Construction of the White Mountain Anorthosite Project in Greenland
VANCOUVER, Aug. 16, 2018 - Hudson Resources Inc. ("Hudson" or the "Company") (TSXV: HUD, OTC: HUDRF) is pleased to provide an update on construction activities at the company’s 100% owned anorthosite (calcium feldspar) mine in Greenland. Since the July 5th construction update (NR2018-07) the company has now completed over 70% of the construction. Hudson’s objective is to make an initial shipment of product to North America by the end of the year.
Construction highlights since the July 5th construction update include:
- Process plant internal steel and mechanical installation completed.
- Process plant building steel completed and cladding 80% complete. Only the roof remains to be cladded.
- Lillegaarden EL of Denmark has commenced electrical installation including installation of cable trays in the process plant.
- The product storage building steel erection is 50% complete and is on schedule to be completed by the end of September.
- The concrete floor has been poured in truck shop.
- The process plant generators (3 x 630 kVA) including the control room are in place.
- The process plant automation room has been put in place adjacent to the process plant.
- The road from the port to the mine is over 75% complete with only 2.5km remaining of the 11km road. The road is expected to be completed by the end of September.
- Hudson received a new Sandvik DX800 production drill and Hyundai HL980 wheel loader for operations.
- Currently 41 construction personnel on site.
James Tuer, Hudson’s President stated: “We are very happy with the pace of construction on the site. It’s very impressive to witness the daily progress as the project moves to production in the coming months. We look forward to shipping product by the end of the year.”
In June, Hudson completed an $18 million equity financing in order to complete construction and fund working capital and debt payments.
Pictures of the construction progress can be found on the company website at https://hudsonresourcesinc.com/gallery.
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“James Tuer”
James Tuer, President
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