Resumen de Abrasive commissioner nearly scuppers New Mexico garnet facility
"I have heard no opposition to the Burrell garnet operation as a private enterprise, none whatsoever," [Janet White] told local paper Alamgordo Daily News.
Owing to a small time window for land procurement, Burrell Western had been worried that it would be forced to build the plant at a reserve location in Texas. The project is expected to consist of an open pit mine, which would require roads, trucks and "light equipment".
Preliminary drilling results suggest that the indicated garnet resources at Burrell Western's project, the location for which remains undisclosed, totals 2.5m tonnes, with an estimated mine life of between 25 and 50 years, and total revenues of $1bn.
