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Southey Project

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Summary

Mine TypeIn-Situ
Study CompletedPrefeasibility
StagePermitting
Commodities
  • Potash
Mining Method
  • Solution mining
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SnapshotSouthey is a solution mining potash project with environmental approval in place and a feasibility study completed.

The Southey project has a high confidence reserve estimate with significant resource potential and covers an area of approximately 390 square kilometers.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Yankuang Energy Group Company Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Southey is wholly owned by Yancoal Canada Resources Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Yankuang Energy.

On 19 July 2024, Highfield Resources announced a non-binding LOI with Yankuang Energy Group and strategic investors. The proposed deal includes the acquisition of the Southey potash project in Saskatchewan through Yankuang’s subsidiary, Yancoal Canada.

As of August 2025, the transaction remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The ground surface within the KP 377 and KP 392 permit areas is mainly a ridged moraine formation that generally is drained to the west and south with water collecting in the Last Mountain Lake area and the Qu’Appelle Valley. The topography within the KP 377 and KP 392 permit areas is hummocky with ground surface elevations varying between approximately 550 and 590 metres above sea level (masl) as the general trend.

The Project is located within a trough trending northwest-southeast corresponding to the Hatfield Valley erosions buried features. The bedrock surface is lowest beneath the Hatfield Valley reaching elevation as low as 300 masl.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

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Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnitsAvg. Annual
Potash Mt 2.8

Operational metrics

Metrics
Annual production capacity 2.8 Mt of potash *
* According to 2015 study.

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

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