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Drilling to commence on tantalum deposit (5/02)

Linear Resources plans to spend $600,000 this summer drilling for a potential tantalum deposit near Armstrong. An official with the Newfoundland-based company says its Seymour Lake project is showing "spectacular visual mineralization.
Northern Ontario Business Staff

Linear Resources plans to spend $600,000 this summer drilling for a potential tantalum deposit near Armstrong. An official with the Newfoundland-based company says its Seymour Lake project is showing "spectacular visual mineralization."

Tantalum is a scarce metal that has lots of uses, including the enhancement of power capability in cell phones, as well as the manufacture of artificial hips and jet engines.

If the company finds a deposit large enough to support a mine, it would most likely be an open-pit operation that would employee between 50 and 100 people.