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Show Rio Algom Schedules Test of Mill Facilities Kin Algom Corporation, which has for the past two years been working on development devel-opment of mining and milling facilities in l.lsUm Valley Tor uranium ore is now drawing to a close of us construction work ami is beginning to make plans for tentative test, ing of the mill facilities some time in April. M. I), l.awton, general manager ma-nager of the Lisbon Valley operation stated this week that the company Is planning to begin testing of (ho mechanical me-chanical equipment In the null during April with chemical testing of ore to begin in May, The preliminary tests in tint mill will bo done with waste rock rather than ore, Mr. l.awton said. Employment at Kio Algom at this time is listed at 411, with 100 to 150 expected to comprise the work force after operations begin at the mill, which is expected to process 5o0 tons of ore per day. At this time, crews aro still winking removing waste rock from the mine itself, although the company plans to begin tunneling into the ore body during March. It is hoped thai between 5,000 and 7,000 tons of ore will be stockpiled b.,' the time the mill becomes operational. |