Great Western Mining's Nevada mill construction broadly complete
By Josh White
Date: Wednesday 23 Apr 2025
(Sharecast News) - Great Western Mining announced on Wednesday that construction of its gold and silver processing mill in Nevada, developed through its 50-50 Western Milling joint venture, was now substantially complete and ready for trial production.
The AIM-traded firm said the Sodaville-based facility, situated near Mina in Mineral County, has received environmental permits and clearance from the Nevada State Mine Inspector, paving the way for operations to commence following minor final adjustments.
It said the mill, built to process mine waste and shallow ore from Great Western and partner Muletown Enterprizes' claims, incorporates features designed to accommodate future capacity expansion.
While trial production using a gravity circuit was now technically feasible, full operational launch had been delayed due to limited staffing capacity on Muletown's side, which made continuous operations unviable in the short term.
With gold prices at record highs and strong regional interest from other claim holders lacking access to local milling capacity, the joint venture was now planning a commercial scale-up of the project.
The next phase would require third-party financing and the involvement of a specialist mine engineering firm.
Discussions with financing providers were underway, and initial proposals have been received from two engineering groups with suitable experience.
Great Western said the aim was to bring the mill into full commercial production without further capital demands on its shareholders, allowing the company to maintain its strategic focus on its copper assets and broader gold exploration activities in Nevada.
"The price of gold has never been higher than it is today," said chairman Brian Hall.
"The Western Milling Joint Venture began as a very low-cost project to process its partners' own material and has achieved a great deal with limited funds, despite frustrating delays.
"Initial trial production could begin at any time but, to become an effective and significant revenue generator, we now consider that Western Milling's capacity should be expanded with external finance and independent engineering and we are in early-stage discussions to achieve this."
At 1000 BST, shares in Great Western Mining Corporation were up 2.23% at 1.83p.
Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.
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