The Northern Territory has a strong pipeline of developing mining projects, at various stages of the feasibility, approvals or financing process. This includes projects for a diverse range of commodities including copper, rare earths, lithium, gold, vanadium, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, zinc, manganese, iron, diamonds, phosphate, potash and salt.
As of January 2024, there were 18 projects in approvals processes. These projects represent a combined capital expenditure of $8.26 billion with the potential to create up to 4,150 jobs in construction and up to 3,100 jobs in operations.
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Company | Project | Location | Product | Description |
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Newmont Mining | Tanami Expansion 2 | Tanami | Gold | Mine expansion |
ICA Mining | Peko Tailings | Tennant Creek | Fe, Au, Cu, Co | Reopen mine |
Core Lithium | Finniss (Grants) | Darwin | Lithium | New mine |
Company | Arafura Rare Earths Ltd (Company name change- ASX 26 Nov 2022) |
Contact | Catherine Huynh – Company Secretary Stewart Watkins – General Manager Projects Phone: (08) 6370 2800 Email: arafura@arultd.com |
Location | 135 km northwest of Alice Springs |
Description | New mine. Open cut mining, beneficiation to a mineral concentrate and subsequent chemical processing to rare earth products for export. Additionally a merchant grade phosphoric acid product will be exported. |
Product | Rare earths & Phosphoric acid. |
Resource Reserve | 56 Mt containing 2.6% REO, 11% P2O5 29.5 Mt containing 2.9% REO, 13% P2O5 |
Mine Life | 38 years |
Approvals | Environmental –NT EIS assessment completed in Dec 2017. Assessment completed by DoEE Canberra with approval issued in May 2018. Section 14A variation assessment completed with NT EPA Statement of Reasons issued September 2019. Community – Native Title Agreement executed with Native Title Holders in June 2020. Mining – Project Mineral Leases granted July 2020. Mining Authorisation and access authorities granted Nov 2022 following approval of Mining Management Plan. Groundwater extraction licence granted in March 2023. |
Proposed Schedule | Early works construction underway on site, targeting financial close in 2023 and commencement of a 30 month full construction period in the first half of 2024. Schedule subject to funding. Construction – 2023, subject to funding Production – H2 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – 682 Production – 366 (full time) |
Capex | A$1,590M (Refer to ASX announcement dated 11 Nov 2022) |
Company | KGL Resources Ltd |
Contact | Denis Wood – Executive Chairman Phone: (07) 3071 9003 Email: info@kglresources.com.au |
Location | Approx 380 kms by road north-east of Alice Springs |
Description | Development of the Jervois Copper Mine based on open cut and underground operation. Ore will be processed via conventional flotation processing facility to produce a copper concentrate Project undergoing further optimisation studies. PFS released Dec 2020 and Feasibility Study released in Nov 2022. |
Product | Copper concentrate with silver and gold credits. |
Resource Reserve | 23.80 Mt @ 2.02% Cu & 25.3 g/t Ag and 0.25g/t Au (ASX 14 Sept 2022) (containing 465,000 tonnes Cu, 18.9 million ounces Ag & 187,100 ounces Au) 11.7 Mt @ 2.1% Cu, 29.8 g/t Ag & 0.29 g/t Au (ASX 15 Nov 2022) |
Mine Life | Initial mine life 11.75 years (ASX 15 Nov 2022) |
Approvals | Environmental - EIS submitted in Oct 2018. Supplement to EIS submitted July 2019. NT EPA recommendations for Project to proceed received 30 September 2019. Mining – Mining Management Plan approved and Authorisation granted in Jan 2021. Groundwater extraction licence granted April 2021 & surface water licence in July 2021. Workstreams pre-FID will focus on growing the resource, operating cost optimisation and risk management, with the goal of commencing construction in 2023, subject to FID and favourable market conditions. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – H2 2023, subject to FID & market conditions Production – H1 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – 200 Production – 200 |
Capex | Initial Capex of A$298M (ASX 15 Nov 2022) |
Company | Linecrest Pty Ltd |
Contact | Rodney Illingworth – Managing Director Phone: 0439 844 830 Email: rodney@rai.net.au |
Location | Approx 180 kms SE of Darwin and 25 kms NE of Pine Creek. |
Description | Reopen the Frances Creek Iron Ore Mine.to extract remnant ore from existing open pits. Conventional open pit mining with onsite crushing and screening of DSO and DSM material. No chemical processing or treatment will occur. Ore will be trucked to the nearby Frances Creek rail siding and railed to Darwin Port for export. |
Product | Iron ore lump and fines @ ~ 60% Fe at 1.5 Mtpa |
Resource | 23 Mt @ 53% Fe |
Mine Life | Initial mine life of 7 years |
Approvals | Environmental - 2006. Mining – subject to approval of MMP. Amended Mining Management Plan submitted in Feb 2023 & resubmission end Sept 2023. Targeting MMP approval in Q4 2023. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – Q4 2023 Production – Q4 2023 |
Jobs | Construction – 50 Production – 150 |
Capex | US$5M |
Company | Northern Iron Pty Ltd |
Contact | Nathan Doab – General Manager Phone: 0438 925 944 Email: nathan@northern-iron.com.au |
Location | Approx 50 kms NW of Tennant Creek |
Description | Recovery from the Warrego low-grade stockpiles via excavation and processing through a wet magnetic separation plant to produce a magnetite concentrate. Non-magnetic material will be dewatered and deposited back into the existing dams and rehabilitated. The process will reduce the stockpile by approx. half of the original quantity. No chemical processing or treatment will occur. Magnetite concentrate will be trucked to Argyle Rail Siding (along the Warrego Road) and railed to Darwin Port for export. |
Product | Magnetite concentrate (high grade). |
Resource | 9.11 Mt of stockpiles (JORC 2012) containing 2.91 Mt Fe @ +67% |
Mine Life | 3-6 years |
Approvals | Mining Management Plan submitted in Feb 2022 and approved June 2022. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – Q4 2023, subject to finance Production – Q1 2024 |
Jobs | Construction – 20-30 Production – 30-40 |
Capex | A$48M |
Company | Hanking Holdings Ltd |
Contact | Dr Mark Qiu – Managing Director & CEO Phone: 0424288016 Email: : qiuym@hanking.com.au |
Location | Approx 100 kms SE of Darwin |
Description | Reopen the Rustlers Roost, Quest 29 and Tom’s Gully mine sites. The proposal will involve open-cut mining and expansion of all existing open-cut pits (Rustlers Roost & Quest 29) via conventional truck and shovel methods. A new open pit called Annie Oakley 800m to the west of Rustlers Roost will be added to the project. The mine sites are approx. 11 kms apart. Ore from both sites will be processed at a conventional Carbon in Leach processing facility located at Rustlers Roost site to produce gold bullion. Reopening of Toms Gully with development of underground and surface facilities, including refurbishment of existing process plant. Feasibility Study updated Nov 2021. Ore will be processed at a rate of 5 million tonnes per annum over a 12 year mine life. |
Product | Gold dore |
Resource | 109 million tonnes @ 0.9 g/t gold for 3.0 million ozs (Mar 2022)(RR & Quest 29)
Ore Reserve of 775,000 tonnes @ 6.9 g/t gold for Toms Gully. |
Mine Life | 12 years |
Approvals | Environmental –Tom’s Gully environmental approval issued in Feb 2020. Rustlers Roost and Quest 29 approvals issued in June 2023. Mining – Mining approvals subject to Mining Management Plan. A MMP incorporating all three mine sites is being prepared for submission in late September 2023. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024/25 Production – 2025/26 |
Jobs | Construction – 150 Production – 314 |
Capex | A$412M |
Company | Tennant Consolidated Mining Group Pty Ltd |
Contact | Michael Tennant – Territory Manager Phone: 1800 879 028 Email: mtennant@tennantmining.com.au |
Location | Approx 15 kms SE of Tennant Creek. |
Description | Reopening of the Nobles Nob mine for mining of remnant ore and higher-grade sections of waste rock dumps for onsite processing through an onsite 700,000 tpa CIL processing plant. After initial onsite mining and processing, the mine will become a central processing plant for regional gold deposits, which will require separate approvals. |
Product | Gold dore |
Resource | +515,000 ounces (including TCMG-ERM JV resources) |
Mine Life | 8 years |
Approvals | Environmental – Not required Mining Management Plan (MMP) approved in August 2022. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – Q1 2024 Production – Q1 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – ~80 Production – ~160 |
Capex | A$90M |
Company | Avenira Ltd (Minemakers Australia Pty Ltd) |
Contact | Brett Clark – Chairman Phone: (08) 9264 7000 Email: bclark@avenira.com |
Location | 250 kms east of Tennant Creek |
Description | Stage 1 -Trial mining proposed for H2 2023 (subject to approvals), followed by Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) operation at Wonarah. Stage 2 - Proposed Lithium Iron Phosphate LFP cathode plant to be built in Darwin. Initial capacity 10,000tpa increasing to 30,000tpa. Licencing agreement with Aleees in Taiwan. Only 2 LFP production manufacturers outside of China at present. BFS to commence Q4-2023. Stage 3 - Yellow Phosphorous and Battery Grade Thermal Phosphoric Acid Plant proposed to be built in two sections, at mine and in Darwin. |
Product | Phosphate rock, Thermal Phosphoric Acid and Lithium Iron Phosphate. |
Resource | Total – 66Mt @ 30.0% P2O5 (27% cut-off); 812 Mt @ 18.1% P2O5 (10% cut-off ); 533 Mt @ 13.5% P2O5 (15% cut-off ) |
Mine Life | 30 + years |
Approvals | Environmental: June 2013 Mining – pending Mining Management Plan |
Proposed Schedule | DSO trial mining proposed for H2 2023, and full mining operations proposed to commence soon after subject to economics and FID. TPA Scoping Study progressing. BFS for LFP Cathode Plant to commence mid-2023. Financial close in H1 2024. |
Jobs | DSO- 50 jobs. LFP Construction – above 200 Production – Circa 200 jobs at 30,000 tpa of LFP across Wonarah and Darwin operations rising up to 500 jobs at 100,000 tpa of LFP production and 800 jobs at 200,000 tpa of LFP production. |
Capex | DSO - A$3M direct capex investment in assets at Wonarah LFP 10,000tpa circa A$180M |
Company | Castile Resources Ltd |
Contact | Mark Hepburn – Managing Director Phone: 08 9488 4480 Email: : mark.hepburn@castile.com.au |
Location | Approx 75 kms WSW of Tennant Creek |
Description | The IOCG Rover 1 deposit will be the first mine to be developed in the Rover Mineral Field located to the west south west of Tennant Creek. The Project will involve the development of an underground mine with onsite processing facility and associated infrastructure. A Pressure Oxidation (POX) plant will dissolve the copper and cobalt and completely oxidise the sulphides associated with the gold. The Pre-Feasibility Study was released in Dec 2022 with the Bankable Feasibility Study aiming for completion in late 2023. |
Product | Gold Dore, Copper Metal 99%, Pure Cobalt Metal 99%, and High Grade 96.4% Coal Washing Magnetite Product. (All products are for direct sale to “End Users”) |
Mineral Resource Ore Reserve Material Processed | 5.58 Mt @ 1.76 g/t Au, 1.49% Cu, 0.07% Co and 23.2% Magnetite. (JORC 2012) 3.11 Mt @ 2.02 g/t Au, 1.52% Cu, 0.07% Co and 22.92% Magnetite (JORC 2012) 4.31 Mt @ 1.94 g/t Au, 1.42% Cu, 0.07% Co and 22.33 % Magnetite (from PFS) |
Mine Life | Initial mine life of 8 years |
Approvals | Environmental –. Environmental studies ongoing. Environmental Referral to be submitted in mid-2023. Anticipate 18-24 months for approvals process. Mining – Mining approvals subject to environmental approvals and MMP. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024/25 Production – TBA |
Jobs | Construction – 200 Production – 140 |
Capex | Pre-Production Capex A$279.5 Million (ASX: 5 Dec 2022) |
Company | Core Lithium Ltd |
Contact | Mike Stone – Chief Operations Officer Phone: 08 8317 1700 Email: mstone@corelithium.com.au |
Location | Approx 38 kms SSW of Darwin and 5.8 kms SSE of Grants mine |
Description | BP33 (stage 2 of the Finniss Project) is a proposed underground mine involving a box-cut portal to a depth of 60-70m and construction of approx. 2150 metres of decline to access mine production levels over a four year mine life. Ore will be transported approx. 7.5 kms along a purpose built haul road to the Grants open pit mine and processing plant. No chemical processing is required. |
Product | Pegmatite concentrate (6.0% Li2O). |
Mineral Resource Ore Reserve | 10.1 Mt @ 1.48% Li2O (ASX: 26 Apr 2023) 3.9 million tonnes @ 1.4% Li2O. (ASX: 12/06/2022) – update expected |
Mine Life | Approx 4 years (from NOI) |
Approvals | Environmental – The Notice of Intent was submitted in April 2020 and in September 2020 the EPA determined that the project would be assessed as a Supplementary Environmental Report under the new Environment Protection Regulations. Mineral Lease ML 32346 granted Jan 2021. SER submitted Nov 2021 & approved May 2022 Mining – Mining approvals granted in April 2023. (ASX: 11 May 2023) FID for BP33 by end Q1 2024. (ASX: 19 May 2023) |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024 Production – 2024/25 |
Jobs | Construction – 60 Production – 125-150 (for Finniss Project) |
Capex | Board approves early works funding of A$45-50M (ASX: 19 May 2023) Project scope and capital cost estimate will now be determined using recent increased Mineral Resource. |
Company | PNX Metals Ltd |
Contact | James Fox – Managing Director & CEO Phone: (08) 8364 3188 Email: james.fox@pnxmetals.com.au |
Location | Approx 160 kms SSE of Darwin. |
Description | Re-open the historic Fountain Head mines to establish open cut mining operations based on conventional drill and blast mining techniques using excavators and haul trucks. Ore will be crushed, screened and processed using heap leach or CIL techniques. PNX have finalised a sale and purchase agreement for the Glencoe gold deposit located 3kms north of Fountain Head, Glencoe Mineral resource update released April 2021. Updated PFS for sequential development of Fountain Head and Hayes Creek Projects released in June 2021. |
Product | Gold dore |
Resource | 2.94 Mt @ 1.7 g/t gold (Fountain Head) 2.1 Mt @ 1.2 g/t gold (Glencoe) 681 kt @ 2.2 g/t gold (Mt Porter) |
Mine Life | 5 years |
Approvals | Development proposals (NOI) submitted to NT EPA in December 2019. In March 2020, NT EPA determine EIS required. Terms of Reference for EIS issued by EPA in May 2020 and Draft EIS submitted in June 2021. Supplement submitted Nov 2021. Second Supplement submitted in July 2022. Enviro approvals issued Feb 2023. Targeting Mining approvals in 2023. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024 Production – 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – 50 Production – 134 |
Capex | A$46M (ASX 20 Dec 2021) |
Company | PNX Metals Ltd |
Contact | James Fox – Managing Director & CEO Phone: (08) 8364 3188 Email: james.fox@pnxmetals.com.au |
Location | Approx 170 kms SSE of Darwin |
Description | Re-open the historic Iron Blow and Mt Bonnie mines to establish open cut and underground mining operations and a regional 450,000 tpa processing plant at Fountain Head mine site. Scoping Study completed Mar 2016 & Preliminary Feasibility Study completed in July 2017.Updated PFS for sequential development of Fountain Head and Hayes Creek Projects released in June 2021. |
Product | Zinc in concentrate, Precious Metals in concentrate |
Resource | 4.15Mt @ 4.4% zinc, 2.03 g/t gold, 128 g/t silver, 1% lead and 0.3% copper for contained metals of 182Kt zinc, 271Koz gold, 17.1Moz silver, 41Kt lead & 12Kt copper. |
Mine Life | 6.6 years |
Approvals | Development proposals (NOI) submitted to NT EPA in August 2018. In Dec 2018, NT EPA determine EIS required. Terms of Reference for EIS issued by EPA on 2 August 2019 and Draft EIS scheduled for submission in Q2 2020. EPBC referral submitted in Feb 2019 and determined as “Not a Controlled Action”. NOI submitted to NT EPA in Dec 2019 for priority development of open pit mining and gold processing at Fountain Head. Hayes Creek Project to be developed sequentially after Fountain Head Project. Hayes Creek sulphide approvals have commenced. Mining approvals dependent on environmental approvals. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2025/26 Production – 2026/27 |
Jobs | Construction – 150 Production - 130 |
Capex | Approximately $65M (PFS June 2021) |
Company | Tellus Holdings Ltd www.tellusholdings.com.au |
Contact | Mr Nate Smith – Managing Director and CEO Phone: (02) 8257 3395 Email: info@tellusholdings.com.au |
Location | Approx 120 kms south of Alice Springs |
Description | Underground mine development and integrated hazardous waste facility. Development of an underground halite (rock salt) mine, reusing the mined voids for the permanent isolation of hazardous wastes (as listed under the NT Schedule 2 of the Waste Management Pollution Control Regulations). |
Product | Industrial salt (and permanent isolation of hazardous waste) |
Resource | 309 Mt Halite (NaCl) JORC Measured Resource |
Mine Life | 25 years (minimum) |
Approvals | Environmental – NT environmental assessment report issued on 30 November 2017. Federal EPBC Act approvals issued 5 September 2018. Project section 14A Amendment approved by NT EPA in June 2020. Mining –Mining Authorisation and MMP approval not yet granted. |
Proposed Schedule | Pre-Feasibility Study completed. Native Title – ILUA negotiations ongoing. Bankable Feasibility Study – On Hold. Construction 3-4 years. Operations 25 years minimum. Institutional Control Period (ICP) – 100 years (minimum). |
Jobs | Construction – 300 (direct) Production – 150 (direct) |
Capex | Approx A$1,000M |
Company | Investigator Resources Ltd |
Contact | Nicole Galloway Warland – Managing Director Phone: (08) 7324 1935 Email: nicole@thorenergyplc.com |
Location | 240 kms northeast of Alice Springs |
Description | Proposed open pit mining operation with on-site processing by flotation to produce W and Mo concentrate. Definitive Feasibility Study upgrade completed in August 2018. Letter of Intent signed for tungsten offtake. Development subject to finance. Additional drilling being undertaken to increase resource and mine life. Thor have entered into a $8M farm-in agreement over 7.5 years with Investigator Resources to accelerate the Molyhil Project. |
Product | Tungsten (scheelite) and Molybdenum concentrates. |
Resource | 4.7Mt at 0.28% WO3 and 0.13% Mo (indicated and inferred) – Thor ASX 23 Aug 2018. Plus Bonya Tungsten deposits (740,000T @ 0.21% WO3 and 0.09% Cu) Bonya Copper deposit (230,000t @ 2%Cu – Inferred) (40% Thor) |
Reserve | Open cut Ore Reserve of 3.5 Mt at 0.29% WO3 and 0.12% Mo (probable) – DFS study results as reported by Thor to ASX 23 Aug 2018. |
Mine Life | Initially 7 year as open pit, with substantial upside potential from subsequent underground potential and from nearby outcropping Bonya tungsten resources, and copper resource at Bonya. |
Approvals | Environmental – Nov 2011 Mining – pending approval of MMP with Investigator as nominated Operator. NT Major Project Status granted in July 2020. |
Proposed Schedule | Development subject to obtaining project finance and securing the balance of concentrate off-take agreements. Timeframe for construction and development under review subject to Joint Venture partnership with Investigator Resources. |
Jobs | Construction – 60 Production – 70 |
Capex | A$69M |
Company | Verdant Minerals Ltd |
Contact | Chris Tziolis – Managing Director Phone: (08) 8942 0385 Email: ctziolis@verdantminerals.com.au |
Location | 220 kms SE of Tennant Creek |
Description | New mine – open cut strip mining operations with crushing and screening to produce Phosphate Rock for conversion to phosphoric acid for the manufacture of ammonium phosphate fertilizers. Potential to commence operations with phosphate rock export. Bankable Feasibility Study (DSO) was completed in May 2018. Takeover by CD Capital in June 2019 & company privatised – currently assessing onsite ammonium phosphate fertiliser production option. Variation to the Project submitted Nov 2022. |
Product | 1,000,000 tpa Ammonium Phosphate |
Resource | Global Resource of 1.145 billion tonnes @ 14% P2O5 (10% cut-off) or 338 Mt @ 18% P2O5 (15% cut-off) Measured Resource of 138 Mt @ 15.7% P2O5 (10% cut-off) |
Mine Life | 25 years plus |
Approvals | Environmental – Oct 2018 (NT) & June 2018 (Federal) for rock phosphate project. A variation to the Project for onsite production of ammonium phosphate fertilisers was submitted to the EPA in Nov 2022. Revised Terms of Reference for an EIS were issued by the NT EPA on14 June 2023. Proponent is preparing the EIS. Mining – pending outcome of environmental review, grant of Mineral Leases & approval of Mining Management Plan. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2025 Production – 2028 |
Jobs | Construction – Peak at 1600 Production – 400 |
Capex | Estimate A$3B |
Company | Vista Gold Australia Pty Ltd |
Contact | Brent Murdoch – Director & General Manager Australia Phone: (08) 8941 9105 Email: bmurdoch@mttodd.com.au |
Location | 250 kms south of Darwin and 55 kms north of Katherine |
Description | Reopen the Mt Todd Gold Mine. Conventional open pit mining extracting up to 17.8 million tonnes per annum of ore for onsite processing through newly constructed CIL Plant. Feasibility Study and NT Environmental Impact Statement completed. Federal approval under the EPBC Act was granted in Jan 2018. An update of the Prefeasibility Study was completed in Jan 2018. A further update of the Pre-Feasibility Study released in Sep 2019. Feasibility Study released Feb 2022. The Mt Todd Agreement between the NT Government and Vista Gold has been extended until 2029. Vista completed an internal scoping study of smaller scale development alternatives for Mt Todd. Since then there has been both new and renewed interest in the optionality of Mt Todd under different development strategies. |
Product | Gold dore (av. 395,000 ozs pa) |
Resource | 7.4 million ozs of measured and indicated and 1.7 million ozs of inferred |
Mine Life | 23 years (including 2 years construction plus 5 years closure/reclamation) |
Approvals | Environmental – June 2014 (NT), Federal EPBC approvals issued Jan 2018. Mining – MMP approval in June 2021. Finance and FID in 2024. All the approvals are maintained as development activities identify optimisations. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2025 Production – 2027 |
Jobs | Construction – up to 450 Production – 400 |
Capex Initial | US$892M (from Feasibility Study Feb 2022) |
Company | Winchelsea Mining Pty Ltd |
Contact | Mark Hewitt – CEO Winchelsea Mining Phone: TBA Email: mhewitt@wmining.com.au |
Location | Approx 650 kms SE of Darwin and 50 kms off the eastern coast of Arnhem Land. |
Description | Conventional open pit strip mining utilising excavators and dump trucks. Ore will be hauled by dump trucks to a single stage crushing and wet screening plant for processing and then moved to product stockpiles adjacent to the barge loading facility (BLF). Multiple lump and fines manganese products will be produced. Product will be reclaimed by front-end loader and fed onto a conveyor to the BLF where manganese will be loaded on to barges and transhipped to Supramax vessels in the offshore anchorage location. |
Product | Lump and fine manganese ore |
Mineral Resource Ore Reserve | Estimate of 18.9 million tonnes @ 23.6 % Mn (Aug 2023 BFS by Xenith) Estimate of 11.8 Mt @ 26.4% Mn (Aug 2023 BFS by Xenith) |
Mine Life | Estimated mine life of 11 years |
Approvals | Environmental – Referral submitted to EPA in Dec 2020 and a variation to the Referral submitted in May 2021. The EPA require EIS in Aug 2021 with TOR issued in Nov 2021. EIS requires variation for new marina design, and expected to be re-submitted end of Sept 2023. Mining Agreement between the Anindilyakwa Land Council and Winchelsea Mining was completed in April 2021. Mineral Lease 32704 was granted on 25 Mar 2022 for a period of 30 years. Mining – Mining approvals are subject to environmental approvals and MMP approval. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024 Production – 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – 100 Production – 55 plus 100 personal support services staff |
Capex | A$212M |
Company | TM Gold Pty Ltd |
Contact | admin@pcgold.com.au |
Location | Approx 27 km NNW of Pine Creek |
Description | Reopen existing open cut mine. |
Product | Gold |
Resource | 6.9 Mt @ 1.74 g/t Au |
Company | Nathan River Resources Mining Pty Ltd |
Contact | info@nathan-river.com.au |
Location | Approx 760 kms SE of Darwin |
Description | Reopen existing open cut mine. |
Product | Iron Ore |
Resource | 279 Mt @ 41.5% Fe including 28 Mt DSO @ 59.4% Fe |
Company | Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd |
Contact | Neil Kaner – Project Director, Australian Natural Diamonds Pty Ltd Phone: 08 9381 5995 Email: : general@lucapa.com.au |
Location | Approx 720 kms SE of Darwin |
Description | Reopen the Merlin Diamond mine on existing granted Mineral Lease. The project will involve mining of diamondiferous kimberlite pipes by conventional open pit mining followed by vertical pit mining below the base of the open pits. A new 1.2 Mtpa processing plant will be constructed. Scoping Studies were released in Dec 2021 and March 2022 and a Feasibility Study is due to be completed in H2 2023. A pilot program is being designed to mine and recover diamonds from some of the major pipes ahead of the larger project. |
Product | Diamonds (average of 153,000 carats/annum) |
Resource | 27.8 million tonnes @ 16 carats per tonne for 4.4 million carats (JORC 2012) |
Mine Life | 14 years |
Approvals | Environmental – Referral to NT EPA in H2 2023. Mining – Mining approvals subject to environmental approvals and MMP. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024/2025 Production – 2025 |
Jobs | Construction – 120+ Production – 200 + |
Capex | Scoping Study - A$96M (Pre-production capex) plus $48M (Post-commissioning capex) |
Company | Enova Mining Ltd (formerly Crossland Strategic Metals Ltd) |
Contact | Eric Vesel – CEO/Executive Director Phone: +61419802839 (Aust) Email: contact@enovamining.com |
Location | Approx. 95 km WNW of Alice Springs |
Description | Potential new mine. Open cut mining & processing to recover heavy rare earth minerals from alluvial sands using a wet gravity concentrator, followed by dry separation processes to produce concentrates for leach extraction. Further potential to mine and process in situ weathered rock (saprolite/clays) below the sand horizon to recover scandium and rare earth metals using acid leach processes. Planned refinement of leachates to produce scandium oxide and rare-earth group products onsite. |
Product | Rare earths, scandium oxide products and possibly other heavy mineral by-products. |
Resource | Resource estimate released in 2013 (not currently 2012 JORC compliant) |
Mine Life | Scoping Study released in 2013 based on 20 years (not currently 2012 JORC compliant) |
Approvals | Development proposals yet to be submitted. |
Proposed Schedule | Drilling program completed in March 2019. Since 2020 the company has completed numerous laboratory hydrometallurgical tests to assess leach extraction of rare earth and scandium metals. Bulk sampling field work at Cattle Creek began in Sept 2023. This will be followed by large scale heavy mineral separation testwork in Brisbane. Specialist consultants SRK Perth have developed an interim resource model. Assessment of this model awaits metallurgical test work and process concept as required for completion of a study establishing Reasonable Prospects for Eventual Economic Extraction as required by JORC 2012. Resource estimate for gravity separation project is expected to be complete by mid-2024 and Scoping Study in 2024. Scoping Study for acid-leach project expected for completion in 2024. Refer Company presentation of 31/08/2022 & Quarterly Report of 28/07/2023. |
Jobs | 150 |
Capex | A$250M |
Company | Korab Resources Ltd |
Contact | Andrej Karpinski – Executive Chairman Phone: (08) 9474 6166 Email: akk@korab.com.au |
Location | Approx 70 kms south of Darwin and 2 kms east of Batchelor. |
Description | Magnesium metal production – potential shallow open pit mining operation with on-site processing, crushing, screening, sorting, kiln calcining, magnesium metal production in a DSC electric arc furnace and magnesium metal refining. Magnesium Carbonate DSO production - potential shallow open pit mining operation with on-site processing through simple crushing, screening and sorting. Ore will be trucked to Darwin port for export. Results of the Scoping Study for production of 50,000 tonnes per year of magnesium metal, magnesium carbonate ore and Dead Burned Magnesia released March 2022. Results of the Feasibility Study into production of magnesium carbonate ore and magnesium oxides (Dead Burned Magnesia (DBM) and Caustic Calcined Magnesia (CCM)) released in Jan 2015 and updated in Mar 2018, Sept 2018 and April 2019. The Project is currently undergoing a Scoping Study into magnesium metal production using alternative processing technology with results due in 2023. |
Product | Magnesium Metal, DBM, CCM, Magnesite (Magnesium Carbonate) DSO |
Resource | 16.6 Mt @ 43.2% MgO |
Mine Life | Magnesium metal Scoping Study based on 14 years at mining rate of 870,000 t. DSO Pre-Feasibility Study based on 300,000 tpa for 10yrs or 600,000 tpa for 5 yrs. |
Approvals | Development proposals yet to be submitted. Development subject to environmental and mining approvals. |
Proposed Schedule | Construction – 2024 Production – 2024/25 |
Jobs | Construction – TBA Production – Up to 120 |
Capex | Magnesium Carbonate (DSO) - A$2.5M (from Pre-Feasibility Study). Magnesium metal production - A$409-422M (from Scoping Study). |