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Minister to consider KBL’s Sorby Hills for development

Minister to consider KBL’s Sorby Hills for development

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20th February 2014

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has dismissed an appeal against ASX-listed KBL Mining’s development of its Sorby Hills silver/lead/zinc project.

The EPA approved the development of the Sorby Hills project in October last year, but received an appeal against its decision in November.

With the EPA now dismissing the appeal, the Environmental Minister is to consider the Sorby Hills project for development. The Minister will also decide if implementation conditions should be applied.

KBL is expecting to start construction at Sorby Hills by mid-2014, with operations expected to start 12 months later.

A prefeasibility study for a Stage 1 development at Sorby Hills based on a conventional openpit mine and sulphide flotation concentrator operation, has found that the project could deliver 400 000 t/y of ore.

The mine will produce 20 000 t/y of lead and 800 000 t/y of silver over its ten-year life-of-mine, and will require a capital investment of A$70-million.

Edited by Mariaan Webb
Creamer Media Contract Publishing Editor

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