The company’s shares have also started trading under the new company name.

CEO Richard Williams says the renaming to Cornish Metals is “a reflection of [the company’s] dedication to revitalising an industry which means so much to the people of Cornwall”.

The company’s objective is to bring tin and copper mining back to Cornwall, and to create well-paid, highly skilled jobs hand-in-hand with the community, with an emphasis on hiring locally wherever possible.

Cornish is currently drilling at the South Crofty tin project, and will thereafter be expanding the drill programme to United Downs to follow up on the recent high-grade copper and tin discovery.