Slovak Antimony Corp was established in November 2021 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Molten Metals. The company has the express purpose of staking and reviving past producing antimony and tin assets in Slovakia.

About Slovakian Antimony

Slovakia has been at various times the largest source of mined antimony in Europe. The antimony ores began to be extracted in the late 18th century at depsits at Pernek and Pezinok. Around 1840 mining began at the deposits Liptovska Dubrava and Magurka. In Spis and Gemer regions the mines at Spisska Bana, Cucma and Poproc were initiated.

By the 1980s, Slovakia had become the largest producer of Antimony in Europe with the number of mines still in operation righ up until the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. These had continued to operate despite the Chinese predatory pricing that had shut down most of non-Chinese sourced Sb production after 1984. However, with subsidies removed, low prices and difficult economic conditions post-1989, the last remaining mines were shuttered in the early 1990’s despite still containing substantial identified Antimony resources.

Leading With Production

In July 2022, Slovak Antimony Corp acquired an Antimony/Tin processing circuit in Eastern Slovakia. The components of the production line have varying daily/ hourly throughputs, but the key ball mill has a rate of 7-15 tpd which essentially dictates the rate at which the whole flowsheet will operate.