Barnes Hill benefits from nickel that can be readily process, but also contains recoverable by-products. Barnes Hill ore leachesreadily, supporting less aggressive operating conditions. It also contains a substantial amount of magnetite. The magnetite can be removed through magnetic separation, both enhancing the nickel feed grade and also providing a valuable low-impurity by-product.
Barnes Hill has an exceptional location just 25km from the deepwater port of Bell Bay. In addition to possessing a strong mining workforce and transparent licensing, Tasmania gives access to clean hydropower. This means that Barnes Hill can assert a low level of emissions, rather than buying credits that push simply emissions on to other electricity network users.
Yes, the flowsheet development know-how and intellectual property developed is available for application to other projects. This can be though a consulting service model or potential technology licensing for more advance applications.
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Climate-driven initiatives already adopted will see much of the world moving to Electric vehicles over the next decade. The investment in battery gigafactories and by carmakers has already reached critical mass towards electrification. This will create exceptional demand for class 1 nickel and cobalt in coming years. Projects like Barnes Hill will be essential in meeting that demand. Moreover, there is a new focus on ESG features in mining. Barnes Hill is able to guarantee world leading ESG performance, which will put it at the front of the pack for development.