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Eneabba Mine

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 Location:
8 km SE from Eneabba, Western Australia, Australia

  Regional Office:

PO Box 84
Geraldton
Western Australia, Australia
6531
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeTailings
Commodities
  • REE
  • Zircon
  • Monazite
  • Xenotime
  • Ilmenite
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life13 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)
World’s highest grade rare earths operation, based on strategic stockpile of monazite. Phase 1 operations began April 2020. Phase 2 under construction (commissioning H1 2022).

3 April 2022 - Iluka is pleased to announce Board approval of the Eneabba Rare Earths Refinery (Phase 3). This decision has been taken following the achievement of two central milestones associated with the project:
• completion of the feasibility study, demonstrating solid economics and significant potential for growth; and
• agreement of a risk sharing arrangement with the Australian Government, including through a non-recourse loan under the Australian Government’s $2 billion Critical Minerals Facility, administered by Export Finance Australia (EFA).


Owners

Source: p. 126
CompanyInterestOwnership
Iluka Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
The Eneabba Mineral Separation Plant (MSP) By-Product Mineral Resource is located within mining lease M267SA which is held by Iluka Midwest Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Iluka Resources.

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Deposit Type

  • Tailings


Summary:

The Eneabba Mineral Separation Plant (MSP) By-Product Mineral Resource is located within the Perth Basin however the material is made up of mineral sands by-product from Iluka’s Narngulu MSP. Being a minerals sands stockpile there is no geological structure. The stockpile physically presents as a fine grained sand and is approximately 300m in length, 150 wide and varies from 1 to 15m in thickness. The fine grained, dark brown to black material is easily distinguishable from the yellow clayey sand it resides on.

A half to one meter cap of orange brown, gravelly, clayey sand covers the resource. A mixed zone of the by-product and capping immediately below the capping with high HM grade in combination with elevated slimes and oversize is recognised, being defined in the resource estimation and reporting.

The tailings material comprises a mixture of ilmenite, staurolite, aluminosilicates, zircon and the rare earth bearing mineral ‘monazite’, a naturally-occurring radioactive material (NORM).


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Eneabba mineral sands recovery project involves the extraction, processing and sale of a historical monazite-rich tailings stockpile that is currently stored in a mining void at Eneabba. Iluka has taken an incremental approach to Eneabba’s development comprising three key phases.

Phase 1 of the development commenced operating in 2020. This produced a mixed monazite-zircon concentrate, with the monazite fraction at approximately 20%

Phase 2 construction commenced in 2021 and is scheduled for commissioning by first half 2022. This will produce two separate concentrates: a zircon-ilmenite concentrate, to be further processed as part of Iluka’s traditional mineral sands operations at Narngulu; and a dedicated 90% monazite concentrate suitable as a direct feed to a rare earths refinery. The monazite concentrate could be sold or could form the basis of feedstock for Iluka’s own rare earth refinery.

Phase 3 involves the development of a fully integrated rare earths refinery at Eneabba. The refinery would have the capability to process feedstocks from within Iluka’s portfolio as well as concentrates supplied by third parties, producing separated rare earth oxides.

If it existed today, Eneabba Phase 3 would be the only operational refinery of its type in the Western world. Phase 3 presents an opportunity to establish a strategic processing hub for the further growth of Australia’s rare earths industry.

The mining will be camp ........


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityProductUnits20212020Avg. Annual (Projected)
Total Rare Earth Oxides Mineral in concentrate kt 12
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Reserves at April 3, 2022:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained MetalRecoverable Metal
Proven 689 kt Heavy Minerals 84.7 % kt 584 kt
Proven 584 kt Zircon 26.7 %
Proven 584 kt Monazite 20.4 %
Proven 584 kt Xenotime 1.2 %
Proven 584 kt Ilmenite 32.2 %
Probable 221 kt Heavy Minerals 78.3 % 173 kt
Probable 173 kt Zircon 33.2 %
Probable 173 kt Monazite 12.7 %
Probable 173 kt Xenotime 1.7 %
Probable 173 kt Ilmenite 35.1 %
Proven & Probable 910 kt Heavy Minerals 83.1 % 756 kt
Proven & Probable 756 kt Zircon 28.2 %
Proven & Probable 756 kt Monazite 18.6 %
Proven & Probable 756 kt Xenotime 1.3 %
Proven & Probable 756 kt Ilmenite 32.9 %
Measured 682 kt Heavy Minerals 84 % 573 kt
Measured 573 kt Zircon 26.4 %
Measured 573 kt Monazite 20.2 %
Measured 573 kt Xenotime 1.2 %
Measured 573 kt Ilmenite 32.4 %
Indicated 237 kt Heavy Minerals 78.5 % 186 kt
Indicated 186 kt Zircon 32.6 %
Indicated 186 kt Monazite 12.9 %
Indicated 186 kt Xenotime 1.7 %
Indicated 186 kt Ilmenite 38.2 %
Inferred 43 kt Heavy Minerals 69.4 % 43 kt
Inferred 43 kt Zircon 28.5 %
Inferred 43 kt Monazite 12.1 %
Inferred 43 kt Xenotime 1.1 %
Inferred 43 kt Ilmenite 38.2 %



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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Corporate Presentation 2022
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