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NORTHERN SUN MINING CORP > NEWS THIS MORNING!
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Post by northerngirl on Oct 04, 2011 7:44am

NEWS THIS MORNING!

Liberty Mines Announces Plan to Restart Production at its Timmins Operations in Q1/2012
48 minutes ago - ACQUIREMEDIA

TSX: LBE

TORONTO, Oct. 4, 2011 /CNW/ - Liberty Mines Inc. (LBE:TSX) ("Liberty" or the "Company") today announced it has finalized a plan to restart production at its Timmins facility in Q1/2012. The plan, which will include reparations and upgrades to its existing tailings pond facility (TPF), the milling of stockpiled ore inventory and the restart of underground operations, was developed after completing a thorough review of all aspects of the Company's operations including personnel, equipment, policies and procedures. In addition, environmental work has started for permitting a new TPF that will provide more than 15 years of tailings storage capacity.

"Our single focus over the past six months has been to restart production and we are extremely pleased with the progress we have made," said Mr.Chris Stewart, President and CEO of Liberty Mines Inc. "Since February, we have been working closely with various regulatory bodies to take the proper corrective measures and have hired qualified engineering consultants to support our efforts. Today's plan provides us a clear roadmap to realize our short- and long-term objectives. "

To support the re-start of its operations, Liberty will repair its existing TPF after having obtained and analyzed the results from all of the field work and laboratory work over the past six months. As disclosed previously, Liberty suspended operations at its Timmins facility due to maintenance and tailings pond related issues in February, 2011.

Liberty will also be performing a dam raise to the current TPF in order to provide an additional three years of capacity for mill tailings at an operating rate of 1,500 tonnes per day upon receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.

Liberty will deploy a portion of the Company's $20.0 million credit facility to implement its plan. This facility was established earlier this year with Liberty's controlling shareholder,Jilin Jien, one of the largest producers of nickel sulfate in the world, with annual output of 25,000 tons.

"The planned repairs to our TPF and the dam raise will support our operations through to 2015," Mr. Stewart also said. "To support our longer-term objectives and ensure that our full potential is maximized, we envision the construction of a new, much larger TPF with a capacity of approximately 15 years."

Concurrent with the repair work for its existing TPF, Liberty is starting an environmental baseline study for the new tailings pond facility which we will be located on its current mill site. This new facility will be targeted for regulatory approval in Q3/2013 with construction to start immediately thereafter. The Company expects that this approach will allow its mines and mill to continue operating uninterrupted.

Liberty currently has 25,000 tonnes of ore stockpiled on surface at the mill site and another 170,000 tonnes of ore broken in the stope underground at the McWatters Mine. This ore inventory will provide the necessary flexibility Liberty needs to restart the mining and milling operations in an efficient and cost effective manner. Liberty currently has 40 people working at its operations in Timmins with the majority of the key roles for restarting the operations already filled. Over the next couple of months Liberty will be aggressively hiring the remaining personnel required so that proper training can be delivered to everyone prior to commencing the commissioning process for the operations.

Mr. Stewart also said, "Liberty is a much different, more focused company today. We are confident that our plan provides a clear road map that will allow us achieve a number of milestones in the short and longer term."

About Liberty Mines Inc.
Liberty Mines Inc. is a mid-tier producer of nickel and is focused on the exploration, development and production of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals from its properties in Ontario, Canada. It owns and operates the only nickel concentrator in the Shaw Dome, a prospective nickel belt region near Timmins, Ontario. With a new management team in place, Liberty is focused on growth initiatives not only through a more aggressive exploration program on its current properties but also through potential acquisition or partnership opportunities beyond its core Timmins area projects.

About Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd.
Jilin Jien is one of the largest holding subsidiaries of Jilin Horoc Nonferrous Metal Group Co., Ltd., which was founded in 1960. Horoc and Jien own four nickel mines, one molybdenum mine, one silver mine, two smelters, seven refineries, and two chemical plants with total assets over RMB 3.0 billion. Jilin Jien professionally provides all kinds of nickel, copper, cobalt salts and nonferrous metal products for plating, chemical plating, battery materials and metallurgy. Jilin Jien is one of the biggest producers of nickel sulfate in the world, with annual output of 25,000 tons. In September 2003, Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. was listed on the A-share market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange with stock code of 600432.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This News Release includes certain "forward looking statements". All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of Liberty, are forward looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Liberty's expectations are: exploration risks; commodity prices; regulatory approvals; receipt of mining permits and leases; and assumed startup and operating costs detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by Liberty with securities regulators. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any such statement or reflect new information or the occurrence of future events or circumstances, except where required by securities regulations. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Comment by victor2009 on Oct 04, 2011 12:10pm
Thanks for posting the news release, northerngirl.It is nice to get some positive news. There are finally some timelines on when the company will be back at mining and milling, as well as mention of what is "envisioned" for the long term.  The envisioned part is just that, there's a lot of exploration and development success required before a 15 year TPF will be an ...more  
Comment by Nickel77 on Oct 04, 2011 2:00pm
Victor,  A while back I emailed LBE and was requesting some update towhen the Mill might finally commence production.At the time the company would not provide that information, as they saidthey were still working with the Regulators to finalize some approvals thatwere needed. (Most likely the tailings pond issues).  It seems today’s new release must be the‘confirmation’ the company ...more  
Comment by victor2009 on Oct 06, 2011 4:15pm
Nickel77,Here's some more news, slightly off topic, but related to Jilin Jien. I don't know if we look at this as less than positive news - that Jilin Jien tried something that was found to be improper. Or maybe it is positive news - that there is some Canadian securities protection available that protects against some of the dastardly deeds that certain posters were making on this forum ...more  
Comment by Nickel77 on Oct 12, 2011 11:27am
So far so good; although it is just a few pennies, LBE ismoving in the right direction and the market seems to like what the last coupleof news releases revealed. With a drilling program in progress, a little goodnews from this department would also help steady and edge the stock price alittle higher.  Although production isstill 5-6 months away, LBE’s updates seemed to have given ...more  
Comment by RODBUSTER on Oct 13, 2011 10:16am
don't know if you're right or wrong but something going on
Comment by idlefreebird on Oct 13, 2011 11:56am
It's all because of the hype here in Timmins as the mine will go into production and it seems to be all positive news here . I'm back in . GLTAL
Comment by victor2009 on Oct 13, 2011 1:38pm
Nickel77,It is nice to see the share price edge up. The move this morning was quite a spike, compared to normal changes on this stock - there were definitely a few buyers anxious to quickly take, or add to, a position. I'm not complaining, but to keep things in perspective, the volume does not represent a large dollar amount, and appears to have now levelled off, and the price dropped back ...more  
Comment by Nickel77 on Oct 13, 2011 1:47pm
As witnessed Doingthejob is speechless!
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