a nature reserve. In 2005 the top of headgear at Mount Wellington were demolished. On 15 January 2007 Mount Wellington Mine was purchased by Richard Freeborn of Mount Wellington Mine Ltd. Mount Wellington Mine was officially re-opened by Tim Smit from The Eden Project on 22 January. On 30 May 2012 a celebration was held to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the move of Kensa Heat Pumps to the Mount Wellington Mine site as its first tenant. The gathering included – for the first time in some decades - the combined Management Teams of all four modern Cornish tin mines – Geevor, South Crofty, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. In 2013, international offshore engineering company Geoquip bought the assets of Ocean Fabrications and took over the leases on the site. The old offices in The Dry were renovated, and substantial new investment was placed in the Mill Building and its associated plant yard. On St Piran's day, Saturday 5 March 2016, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club (CRAC) made a special one-time-only broadcast at Mount Wellington Mine. The club obtained a Special Events Station Licence to activate the use of the Cornish Mine as an amateur radio station. Also in 2016 Eagle Plant opened an accommodation hire business on the site followed in February 2017 by a Plant Hire operation. In 2017, new tenants Metal Surgery and Building With Frames replaced Geoquip in the Mill and Concentrator buildings respectively. In February 2020 a new specialist manufacturing facility, with offices above was built at Mount Wellington Mine, designed to meet the specific needs of Kensa Heat Pumps. This is the first new building at Mount Wellington Mine since the 1970’s. References External links Mount Wellington website Kensa Heat Pumps Kensa Engineering Eagle Plant website [http://www.eagleplant.co.uk Falmouth Packet news report Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Mount Wellington Tin mines in Cornwall