GP Engineering Services has been awarded a $179.5 million engineering, procurement and construction contract by Thunderbird Operations for the construction of a mineral processing plant and associated facilities at the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project.
The project is scheduled to be completed in approximately 18 months.
The Thunderbird Minerals Sands Project is located in the Dampier Peninsula, between Broome and Derby, in Western Australia.
A large-scale zircon and ilmenite open-cut mine, as well as a mineral concentration and separation plant, are part of the project.
It’s a long-term mining project with a two-phase execution starting at an 8 Mtpa wet concentration plant feed rate and a 40-year mine life.
Thunderbird Operations is a subsidiary of Kimberley Mineral Sands (KMS), a 50-50 joint venture between YGH Australia Investment and Sheffield Resources.
“We are extremely pleased to have been engaged to perform a key role in the development of the world-class Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project,” said Mr Geoff Jones, Managing Director of GR Engineering in an ASX Announcement.
“GR Engineering has been associated with the project over a number of years and it is exciting to see this project progress to the next stage of development. GR Engineering looks forward to KMS emerging as a significant new global producer in the mineral sands sector. ”
