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Dozers rising on Coburn's low slime sand

CONSTRUCTION has hit 90% completion at the Coburn mineral sands project near Shark Bay in Western Australia with the first open cut ready for mining, giving Strandline Resources a clear run to first production and first shipment of heavy mineral concentrate in the coming quarter.

 Construction of MSP and supporting infrastructure advancing strongly in parallel with WCP commissioning.

Construction of MSP and supporting infrastructure advancing strongly in parallel with WCP commissioning.

The pre-production mining activities have confirmed Coburn has favourable unconsolidated, free flowing sand with extremely low slimes content. Keen to join the strengthening mineral sands market and...

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