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South Australian explorer Rex Minerals has named Ausenco as engineering partner to provide EPCM services for its 100%-owned Hillside openpit development in the Yorke Peninsula, targeting a final investment decision in the latter part of CY2022 on the 2Mt copper and 1.4Moz gold project.
Rex says the design will accommodate the potential future plant expansion from its base 6Mtpa to 8Mtpa by allowing it to transition to coarse particle flotation.
Australian engineer Ausenco has been named to lead the process and non‐process plant infrastructure components of the DFS for Centaurus Metals' 100%‐owned Jaguar nickel sulphide project at Carajás in northern Brazil, marking another important step towards development of the near-surface 730,700t contained nickel project.
Ausenco will also coordinate the overall delivery of the DFS in conjunction with Centaurus in‐house personnel.
The DFS is targeted for completion by end-2022.
Artemis Gold has terminated the award of the EPC contract for its 100%-owned Blackwater gold project in central BC, Canada after Ausenco Engineering missed the deadline for finalising the project.
The company says it will continue negotiations with other parties on a new EPC contract, while planning to enter agreements within weeks on supply of long-lead equipment.
Canadian developer Artemis Gold is confident it will still meet its capital costs and timeline forecasts for the Blackwood gold project in central BC despite the termination of its plant engineering, procurement and construction contract with Ausenco Engineering.
Potential upsides continue to emerge in the dynamic world of battery metals mining, with a scoping study undertaken for Australian Mines outlining the potential for a significant revenue boost at its Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in N Qld.
The study by engineering services company Ausenco assesses the addition of an integrated circuit to Sconi’s proposed incorporation of a precursor cathode active material (P-CAM) circuit to its planned nickel and cobalt sulphate crystallisation process.
Jervois Mining has named global processing technology specialist Metso Outotec to complete testwork, piloting and flowsheet engineering for the BFS on restarting operations at the São Miguel Paulista nickel-cobalt refinery in Brazil. Outotec will support lead engineering contractor Ausenco.
Australian-based Jervois Mining remains on track to become a vertically integrated speciality metals producer from mid-2022 with the appointment of Ausenco as lead engineering contractor for the BFS into restarting operations at the São Miguel Paulista nickel-cobalt refinery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gold-silver miner Argonaut Gold has completed a fixed-bid engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract (EPC) with Ausenco Engineering Canada for construction of Argonaut’s 100%-owned Magino gold project’s processing facility and other parts of the proposed open pit mine in Ontario, Canada.
The EPC totals approx 40% of Magino's initial capital estimate of between $C480M-$510M ($US360M-$380M).
Canadian explorer/developer SilverCrest Metals has secured a $US120M project financing facility to kick off construction of its $150.8M capex, 9.6Moz pa silver equiv Las Chispas silver-gold project in Sonora, Mexico.
The deal with RK Mine Finance is in anticipation of making a final construction decision on the project based on the FS completion, due late Jan 2021.
A debottlenecking study backs the potential to more than double production capacity at Canadian specialist First Cobalt’s planned recommissioned battery-grade cobalt sulfate refinery at an incremental cost of $US7.5M.
The Ausenco Engineering Canada study estimated that eliminating the autoclave circuit and addressing production constraints would raise total capital cost to $37.5M while lifting capacity to over 5,000tpa from 2,000-2,500tpa.