Heavy mineral sands developer Strandline Resources is ramping up construction activities on its Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia after Deputy Premier of WA Roger Cook ratified the A$150 million loan facility provided by the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF).
According to the company’s statement, construction of the first stage workers camp, main access road and bulk earthworks clearing activities are well underway, as well as commissioning of the first production bore, amongst other activities.
Strandline said detailed design and equipment procurement is also progressing as planned, including the early manufacturing of long lead items such as processing plant spirals required for the Wet Concentration Plant and in-pit dozer mining units.
Strandline Managing Director Luke Graham said the project is now fully funded through to production, with first production of Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) scheduled in late 2022.
“The project will create ~300 direct jobs during the construction peak and provide significant public benefits to the Gascoyne-Mid West regions of WA over its long +22 year mine life,” Mr Graham continued.
“Coburn is an exciting project, applying proven mining and rehabilitation methods combined with state-of-theart processing and renewable energy technology to efficiently recover high-quality critical minerals.
“With construction of Coburn ramping up, the project is very well positioned to deliver volume into a strengthening critical minerals market, providing strong financial returns for stakeholders.”
