Everlast Minerals (ASX:EV8) has completed the installation of its second spiral processing floating platform at the 100%-owned Gaibandha Heavy Minerals Mine Project in Bangladesh, with trial operations now underway.
The new platform is expected to increase processing capacity, supporting continued scale-up towards larger-scale commercial operations.
The trial program will allow the company’s technical team to optimise performance under operating conditions, refine operating parameters to meet market specifications, build operational capability, and produce material for trial commercial exports.
Everlast says this follows its previous exports of zircon and ilmenite concentrate to China.
Executive Chairman Paul Qian says the completion and commencement of trial operations using the new platform is another important step in the continued development of the company’s mineral sands operations.
“Our immediate focus is now on optimising the platform to improve product quality and production volumes, while further strengthening our operating procedures and building the skills of our local workforce,” Qian says.
“The trial operating period will also allow us to produce material for further trial commercial exports, providing another important link between the continued development of our processing operations and the mineral sands market.”
Over the coming months, Everlast intends to focus on optimising processing performance, evaluating trial program results, and training employees to inform the next stage of operational scale-up.
Everlast Minerals is focused on advancing a portfolio of mineral sands projects in Bangladesh.
Write to Paula Fabe at Mining.com.au
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