Project and Mineral Separation Plant, Murray Basin
The Donald Mineral Sands (DMS) adjacent Donald and Jackson deposits are among the largest mineral sands deposits in the world and contain a high proportion of the most valuable zircon in their heavy mineral assemblage, which is the largest zircon deposit in the world.
The current Mineral Resource estimate totals 4.78 billion tonnes of sand at an average grade of 3.7% of total heavy minerals (HM) at 1% HM cut-off and the total heavy minerals on average include 19% Zircon, 9% Rutile + anatase, 33% ilmenite, 18% leucoxene and 2% monazite for the mineralogically assayed parts of the Donald and Jackson deposits. Most other mineral sands deposits in the world contain about 10% zircon.
DMS started the basic design works for mining, metallurgy and tailings in January 2015. These basic design works have now been completed as DMS transition into the final stages of feasibility designs prior to detailed phases of execution.
In October 2015, entry into an EPC contract with CMEC will provide funding for the EPC of the first phase of the Donald Project, subject to satisfaction of a number of conditions.