Future Expansion Plans
From a start up tonnage in the range of 3 million tonnes per year, it is envisaged that Olary Flats will be expanded in stages to 25 million tpy, as outlined below
Starting again from the Port end - - -
Shipping of Concentrates to Market
We will transition from geared bulk carriers to larger cape size bulk carriers loaded from our own port or from barges via our own high volume trans-loading system.
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Concentrate Delivery Rail to Port
Railroad operations will transition to appropriate high volume loading and unloading equipment, maximum capacity wagons, a rail spur built from Olary town to Olary Flats and a rotary car dumper adjacent to a port.
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Concentrate Process Plant at Mine
We will use dry magnetic separation exclusively in the ore processing plant and expand the process plant and the mine as needed to meet market demand.