Sheffield Resources: Thunderbird Is Go
Sheffield Resources is advancing its flagship Thunderbird joint venture project in WA. The project is one of the world’s largest, undeveloped zircon-rich mineral sands deposits and is currently being developed in the Canning Basin, midway between Broome and Derby in the northwest of the State. Construction is expected to kick off in the 2021 dry season with site investigation, design and tendering works taking place just before. Trial mining took place at the end of last year with the excavation of a 30m-deep pit and the program confirming the dozer push ore mining method as the most viable option. This will be a globally significant zircon producer with estimated production of 132,000tpa for the first 4 years from start-up, ramping…