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DALRADIAN GOLD LTD. NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE 67 Main Street Gortin, County Tyrone, BT79 8NH Tel: 028 8164 8012 Email: [email protected] World-class Mine Jobs in Tyrone LIVING BESIDE A MINE River Boyne Blackwater Tara Mine Navan Retail Park Hospital Hotel School School School School 100m 100m Blackwater Park Trim Castle 13.9km Solstice Arts Centre Mellifont Abbey 22.5km Newgrange 19.4km 450m 450m School 250m 1000m 1200m 1400m Shopping Centre 1100m River O’Mathuna An Uaimh GAA Club 600m 200m Navan Town Centre 1350m 1500m Slane Distillery 11km islands and you don’t have to look far to find an example. Just 85 miles from Omagh is Tara Mines, located on the edge of Navan in Meath’s historic Boyne Valley, an area renowned for its tourism, agri-food and angling. The mine, which is beside a tributary of the river Boyne, has been operating Although mining is a new industry for Co. Tyrone, modern mines can be found throughout Europe – including close to home in both Ireland and Britain. Mining exists safely alongside communities across these safely and successfully for 40 years, and employs around 1,000 people. Tara is Europe’s largest zinc and lead mine and although no two mines are the same, Navan’s example demonstrates that mining not only provides direct economic benefits, it also “Tara Mines, in the subconscious of the community in Navan is a success, and success breeds success. From an economic or financial perspective, Tara Mines is, simply, the heart of Navan.” Local Careers Guidance professional “We’ve all enjoyed a great experience with Tara Mines. When you look at the opportunities they’ve generated for the local economy and how they’ve helped the local community, I don’t know where the town would be without them” Senior Member, Tara Mines Angling Club “There could be no better setting in which to discover the nature of whiskey than the Boyne Valley” Slane Distillery “Having a booming industry in Navan definitely helps all of the local companies, not just the hotels” Meath Hotel Manager “Ireland has a 50-year history of zinc and lead mineral exploration and production. We need to encourage and support industry in their efforts to find the next Navan and extending the life of this important sector for our economy” Irish Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation successfully co-exists with and enhances wider community life. Thanks to the gold and silver deposit at Curraghinalt, we believe that we can replicate those opportunities and successes for our community in west Tyrone.

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Page 1: LIVING BESIDE A MINE...DALRADIAN GOLD LTD. NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE 67 Main Street Gortin, County Tyrone, BT79 8NH Tel: 028 8164 8012 Email: community@dalradian.com …

DALRADIAN GOLD LTD. NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE67 Main Street Gortin,County Tyrone,BT79 8NH Tel: 028 8164 8012Email: [email protected]

World-class Mine Jobs in Tyrone

LIVING BESIDE A MINE

Rive

r Boy

ne

Blackwater

Tara Mine

Navan Retail Park

Hospital

Hotel School

School

School

School

100m

100m

BlackwaterPark

Trim Castle13.9km

Hill of Tara11km

SolsticeArts Centre

Mellifont Abbey22.5km

Newgrange19.4km

450m

450m

School

250m

1000m

1200m

1400mShopping Centre

1100m

River

O’Mathuna An Uaimh GAA Club

600m

200m

NavanTown Centre

1350m

1500m

Slane Distillery11km

islands and you don’t have to look far to find an example. Just 85 miles from Omagh is Tara Mines, located on the edge of Navan in Meath’s historic Boyne Valley, an area renowned for its tourism, agri-food and angling. The mine, which is beside a tributary of the river Boyne, has been operating

Although mining is a new industry for Co. Tyrone, modern mines can be found throughout Europe – including close to home in both Ireland and Britain.

Mining exists safely alongside communities across these

safely and successfully for 40 years, and employs around 1,000 people.

Tara is Europe’s largest zinc and lead mine and although no two mines are the same, Navan’s example demonstrates that mining not only provides direct economic benefits, it also

“Tara Mines, in the subconscious of the community in Navan is a success, and success breeds success. From an economic or financial perspective, Tara Mines is, simply, the heart of Navan.”

Local Careers Guidance professional

“We’ve all enjoyed a great experience with Tara Mines. When you look at the opportunities they’ve generated for the local economy and how they’ve helped the local community, I don’t know where the town would be without them”

Senior Member, Tara Mines Angling Club

“There could be no better setting in which to discover the nature of whiskey than the Boyne Valley”

Slane Distillery

“Having a booming industry in Navan definitely helps all of the local companies, not just the hotels”

Meath Hotel Manager

“Ireland has a 50-year history of zinc and lead mineral exploration and production. We need to encourage and support industry in their efforts to find the next Navan and extending the life of this important sector for our economy”

Irish Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation

successfully co-exists with and enhances wider community life.

Thanks to the gold and silver deposit at Curraghinalt, we believe that we can replicate those opportunities and successes for our community in west Tyrone.