Goal-listed Kazera World’s wholly-owned subsidiary Whale Head Minerals (WHM) has ready an interim operational plan protecting the plant and tools necessities for the event of its heavy mineral sands (HMS) operations by South Africa AT Investments (SAI) on the Walviskop website operated by WHM in Alexander Bay, in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.
As introduced final month, the primary section of the programme with SAI contains the preparation of a complete mine plan setting out manufacturing and heavy mineral focus (HMC) grade targets, alongside planning for the plant, tools, infrastructure and operational necessities wanted to assist elevated manufacturing at Walviskop.
This interim operational plan comes whereas the great mine plan stays topic to additional enter and finalisation with SAI.
“We’re happy to be progressing the operational planning for SAI’s HMS operations at Walviskop following a website meet final week between SAI principals and WHM’s mine supervisor and designated professionals,” Kazera interim CE Richard Jennings highlights.
Present planning targets a progressive ramp-up to a manufacturing price of about 30 000 t a month of HMC from the HMS plant, with manufacturing slated to start out in early 2027.
Plant and tools are being mobilised for anticipated arrival in South Africa throughout November.
The present estimated free on truck (FoT) gross sales value for the HMC is about $165/t to $170/t.
Jennings says that, based mostly on present FoT costs, and topic to reaching the month-to-month manufacturing charges, the longer term money stream profile of its WHM subsidiary shall be “completely remodeled”.
