Mining and Processing

Production activities have been focused on three Mining Licenses.

ML 27422 where ore mining has mainly occurred up to date. This licence was granted in 2011.
ML29042 where the processing plant and the majority of the ancillary infrastructure is located.
ML 31403 where future mining will expand into. This mining license was granted in 2018.

With years of effort, the company has cleared all regulatory hurdles, and all approvals are effective for our business activities

（All approval documents are available for view under confidentiality）

ML 27422

Surface Mining

The mining areas are mainly bushland and do not involve forests, rivers/lakes, or farmland (easy operation from a environmental perspective)
Shallow surface panel-strip mining at depth of 2-4 metres (no explosives used)
Simple surface vegetation clearing
tailings are directly backfilled.

Apron Feeder and Grizzly

Ore transported by trucks to feeders
Stockpiling used to average out mining variation and ensure consistent ore feeding into plant

Scrubber and Trommels

Rotary scrubber for initial washing, separating particles of loam, clay, soft rock and other deleterious elements from the ore particles (desliming process)
Rotary trommel to drain and screen the material discharged from the scrubber – typically producing a clean and proper-size product ready for spiral separation
The combined scrubber/trommel process removes slimes and oversized particles, which is a necessary step before further separation process.

Wet Spiral Concentrator

Slurry-form mix from scrubber/trommels are fed into spiral concentrators, for wet gravity separation; Spiral concentrator has a wash water channel and a series of concentrate removal ports placed at regular intervals
The concentrator works on a combination of solid particle density and its hydrodynamic dragging properties
Separation is achieved by stratification of material caused by a complex combined effect of centrifugal force, differential settling, and heavy particle migration through the bed to the inner part of the conduit
Heavy mineral ilmenite is separated in this process

Fluid-bed Drier

Wet Ilmenite mix are fed into fluid bed drier for drying
Hot air is pumped in and mixed with HM particles, forming a fluid-like solid stance and air mixture
Uniform and consistent drying process