SOTKAMO SILVER HAS STARTED THE TEKES-PROJECT AS A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
Sotkamo Silver has launched the Tekes-project for which the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation has granted a development and piloting loan of 6.1 million (SEK 60,4 million). The investment size of the project is € 8.7 million (SEK 86,1 million) including Tekes loan. According to the specific conditions of the development loan, the total funding needed is 20 MEUR. One of the primary goals of the Project is to utilize ore sorting to increase the material and energy efficiency of the mine, reduce the carbon footprint and reduce water consumption. With this project Sotkamo Silver will