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.
Following the BRL125M acquisition of 100% of the mothballed refinery from Brazilian investment group Votorantim, Jervois aims to complete the two stages of the BFS by end-2021 with the target of restarting it in independent stages. Brazilian consultancy Promon Engenharia is progressing a refinery integrity audit on schedule.
The timing matches the planned mid-2022 start of production at its 100%-owned, fully permitted Idaho Cobalt Operations mine site in the USA.