Twin Metals opens Ely office in new building

The new Twin Metals building in the Ely Business Park opened Friday, according to a report in the Ely Echo newspaper.

The 8,800 square foot building will serve as the mining company's headquarters and will also serve as a storage area for drill cores. The land the building sits on was purchased from the city of Ely for $30,000.

Twin Metals Mining was formed through an alliance between Duluth Metals and the large Chilean company, Antofagasta -- which has pledged over $220 million for developing a mine at Ely. Together with a third purchase the company has an aggregate of over one billion tons in copper-nickel deposits.

Duluth Metals has operated for five years in Ely with drill sites at its Nokomis find, south of the Kawishiwi Bridge on both sides of Highway 1.