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Silver Bullet starts commissioning of its mill in Arizona

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(Kitco News) - Silver Bullet Mines (TSXV: SBMI) announced yesterday it has begun the commissioning of its wholly owned 125 MTPD mill located near Globe, Arizona.

The company said that this is the next step to silver production, adding that as anticipated, the entire commissioning process will take a few weeks, following which processing of the higher grade material can begin.

"Commissioning is the culmination of much planning and hard work," stated CEO A. John Carter. "The field team overcame global supply chain issues to create a functioning 125 MTPD mill, in a location that was an empty field only last September. We are looking forward to processing ore as quickly as possible."

The company added it has stockpiled at the millsite some lower grade ore from the Buckeye silver mine to serve as test feed. This will allow the company to fine tune the mill while minimizing the risk of losing valuable metals to tailings.

Silver Bullet is developing mineral assets (silver, gold and copper) in the Western United States. The company’s first project is the Buckeye mine, located in Globe, Arizona, with production expected in 2022. The company’s second project is the Washington mine in Idaho, which is gearing up for production in 2022.

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Vladimir Basov

Vladimir (PhD, MEng in Mining) is a professional mining engineer, scientist and analyst that has more than 20 years of practical in-field and research experience. He is particularly interested in collecting, processing baseline data and writing insightful data-driven mining industry analytics, articles, statistical and research reports.

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