US updates on aluminum operations

MHM Metals Corporation, MHM’s wholly owned US operating subsidiary is preparing to commence excavation and landfill test work of a 350,000 tonne salt cake landfill owned by Smelter Service Corporation. The test work is expected to commence on March 15th 2011.

Composite samples will be collected and sent for laboratory analysis, and larger lumps of aluminum sent for smelting to determine grade. The landfill testing is important to determine if the mono fill salt cake landfill is amenable for reprocessing by MHM as expected. This will impact upon the size and operating capacity of what would be first closed loop salt cake recycling facility in the United States.