Tin International was centre stage at the Helmsec Mining Forum in Hong Kong last week, drumming up support for an initial public offering in the second half of the year.

Tin International’s offer is expected to give the company, which is looking to develop the Gottesberg and Geyer tin projects in Saxony, Germany, an indicative market capitalisation of up to $80 million. The two projects have a total non-joint ore reserves committee inventory of about 180,000 contained tonnes. A pre-feasibility study is expected in the third quarter of 2012.