Mining Operations Desert Hawk has encountered a number of obstacles well beyond the standard ones confronted by most start-up heap leaches. Most notably, unusual torrential rains both interfered with the loading of ore and also diluted the lixiviant used to recover the gold. As a result, the ramp-up of production has been slower than initial [...]
Desert Hawk Mining, Clifton's partner at Kiewit, has just received approval to expand the current Kiewit open pit operations to the east. This should roughly double the size of the pit, substantially increasing both the rate of production and the mine life. New drilling, revealing a continuation of the grades of the open pit to the east of current [...]
Mining Operations The Management of Clifton Mining has recently completed an onsite inspection of the Desert Hawk Gold Corp. heap leach operation. Now that the weather is cooperating, the project has moved from limited winter production back into full swing operations. Mining has resumed, moving as much as several thousand tons daily onto the heap [...]
Mining Operations From November 2014, when mining production began, Clifton Mining has received $78,351 in royalty payments from Desert Hawk Gold Corp., with more royalty payments pending. Management had previously noted that heap leach operations typically start slowly and progress as more ore is loaded onto the leach pile. With the warmer [...]
ALPINE, UT, Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Clifton Mining Company (OTCBB: CFTN) has received a distribution from American Silver, LLC totaling $381,250. This distribution, as well as the royalty payments received from Desert Hawk Gold Corp. will add significantly to the Company's revenues for this year and will cover a substantial portion of [...]
Clifton Mining Company (OTCBB: CFTN) ALPINE, UT, Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Clifton Mining Company has received its first royalty payment of $24,185 from Desert Hawk Gold Corp. on the Kiewit project. Another smaller royalty payment is anticipated to be received later this week. The shareholder meeting was held as announced on November 14 [...]
ALPINE, UT, Oct. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Clifton Mining Company (OTCBB: CFTN) has been informed by its partner, Desert Hawk Gold Corp., that production has now begun at the Kiewit project. The first royalty payments are anticipated to be received before the end of the year. It is common that heap leach operations start slowly as bugs are worked [...]
Clifton Mining Company (OTCBB: CFTN) ALPINE, UT, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - For some time the management of Clifton Mining Company has focused on filling previous vacancies in its board of directors. The focus has been two-fold. One is to have an outside board, with a majority of members not related to the founding family. The other is to [...]
ALPINE, UT, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Clifton Mining Company (OTCBB: CFTN) has scheduled the annual shareholder meeting for Friday November 14, 2014, at 12:30 pm, at the Alpine Arts Center, which is located at 450 South Alpine Highway, Alpine, Utah (same place the meeting was held last year). Proxy information and other shareholder [...]
Desert Hawk Gold has provided the Company with the following update: the construction on the heap leach pad, including the plastic liner, have been installed along with the necessary roads and water diversion. The process plant and assay lab are under construction. 150,000 tons of overburden have already been removed in preparation for mining ore [...]
The tooth gel is made with SilverSol Technology® along with the added ingredients of a USP xylitol and an organic therapeutic grade peppermint oil. Unlike most toothpastes, SilverSol® Tooth Gel contains no harmful or poisonous products. ABL management believes this will be an important addition to the ABL arsenal of health products. For more [...]
ALPINE, UT, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Clifton Mining has been informed by its partner, Desert Hawk Gold Corp., that its heap leach project at Kiewit is well ahead of schedule. The next step involves laying 450 tons of plastic liner (which has just arrived) for the leach pad. Photographs and short narrated films of the site have been posted on [...]
