Group 6 Metals is making headway at its Dolphin tungsten mine (DTM) on Tasmania’s King Island, where first concentrate production is slated for the third quarter of 2023.
Major civil works are now 90 per cent complete and with the civil contractor demobilising, additional areas have been opened for Gekko Systems to accelerate mechanical and electrical installation works for the processing plant.
Mechanical installation of the plant’s primary crushing circuit, screening, fine ore bin and associated conveyors are complete and electrical works have commenced.
Construction has also commenced on Dolphin’s tailings storage facility (TSF), including installation of clean water diversion drains and foundation works for the walls.
“Construction activities at DTM have rapidly increased pace over the last 6–8 weeks, with significant progress achieved in key areas of construction,” Group 6 managing director and chief executive officer Keith McKnight said.
“Our site team and contractors continue to work in an efficient and safe manner with the project achieving 273 lost-time, incident-free days to the end of September in challenging construction conditions through the winter months.
“Longer and warmer days will be welcomed with the onset of summer, which will benefit the project greatly as we progress to construction completion, commissioning and first concentrate in March 2023.”
Group 6 was awarded two grants totalling $75,000 in August through the Tasmania Government’s Exploration Drilling Grant Initiative (EDGI).
The company is planning to mobilise a drill rig to King Island in early November, where it will conduct a drill program involving 3–4 diamond core holes to test the western margin of the Grassy Granite, north of the Investigator 21 prospect.
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